Senate roll call 231 · 66th Congress · Mar 15, 1920
To adopt a substitute for resolution no. 2 of the versailles treaty, by which United States refuses to assume any obligation to protect any member of league fro
On Mar 15, 1920, the Senate voted 18–60. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–27, Democrats 4–33. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 18
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 15, 1920
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 33 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 27 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL voted yes
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted yes
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- 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
- William Musgrave Calder 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
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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