Senate roll call 80 · 66th Congress · Nov 13, 1919
To amend reservation 3 to the versaille treaty, by releasing all members of the league of nations from any obligation to the United States under article ten.
On Nov 13, 1919, the Senate voted 4–68. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–39, Democrats 2–32. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 4 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
- 4
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Nov 13, 1919
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 32 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 39 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- 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
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-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
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-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
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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