Senate roll call 66 · 66th Congress · Nov 7, 1919
To amend reservation one of the versaille treaty, by making ratification effective and binding upon the united state only after adoption of reservations and exc
On Nov 7, 1919, the Senate voted 40–48. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–45, Democrats 39–4. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 66th Congress (1919–1920), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 40
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Nov 7, 1919
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 45 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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