Senate roll call 256 · 66th Congress · Mar 18, 1920
To table an amendment to the versailles treaty, providing that in consenting to ratification of the peace treaty, the United States adheres to the resolution de
On Mar 18, 1920, the Senate voted 70–11. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 39–4, Republicans 31–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 70
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 18, 1920
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 7 no · 13 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
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen 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
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- 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
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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