Senate roll call 139 · 66th Congress · Nov 19, 1919
To adopt a resolution to the versailles treaty, providing that the Senate adopt an unconditional ratification of the treaty as concluded at versailles june 28,
On Nov 19, 1919, the Senate voted 38–53. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–47, Democrats 38–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 38
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Nov 19, 1919
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 47 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- 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
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- 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
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- 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
- 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
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- 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
- 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
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- 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
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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