Senate roll call 261 · 66th Congress · Mar 18, 1920
To concur in reservation no. 2 of the versailles treaty, ratifying said treaty and declaring that the United States assumes no obligation to preserve the territ
On Mar 18, 1920, the Senate voted 54–26. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–27, Republicans 40–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 54
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 18, 1920
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 27 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans40 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted yes
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted yes
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- 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
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- 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
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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