Senate roll call 117 · 66th Congress · Nov 18, 1919
To agree to a reservation to the versailles treaty, providing that the United States shall at any time have the privilege of nominating any non-member nation of
On Nov 18, 1919, the Senate voted 3–71. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–38, Republicans 3–35. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 3 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
- 3
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Nov 18, 1919
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 38 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 35 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE voted yes
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
How each senator voted: No
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- John Walter Smith D-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
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- 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
- 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
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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