To amend a reservation to the versailles treaty, by adhering to principal of self-determination for ireland and to sympathy for irish asperations.

On Mar 18, 1920, the Senate voted 26–53. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–38, Republicans 22–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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: 26
No: 53
Did not vote: 19
Date: Mar 18, 1920

By party

Democrats4 yes · 38 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans22 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted yes
Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted no
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted no
James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted yes
Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH voted no
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend a reservation to the versailles…: Senate Vote, Mar 18, 1920,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/66-S-251/to-amend-a-reservation-to-the-versailles-treaty-by (accessed 2026-10-17).