Senate roll call 244 · 66th Congress · Mar 18, 1920
To adopt a reservation to the versailles treaty, refusing to assume any obligation to employ United States military forces, or economic resources, under any art
On Mar 18, 1920, the Senate voted 17–52. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–31, Republicans 13–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 17
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 18, 1920
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 31 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 22 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD 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
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- 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
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Braxton Bragg Comer 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
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Edward James Gay 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
- John Sharp Williams 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
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson 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
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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