To adjourn the Senate until december 30.

On Dec 27, 1920, the Senate voted 29–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–14, Democrats 14–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 29
No: 16
Did not vote: 53
Date: Dec 27, 1920

By party

Democrats14 yes · 4 no · 32 didn’t vote
Republicans16 yes · 14 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
John Frost Nugent D-ID voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY voted no
Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted no
Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI 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 adjourn the Senate until december 30.: Senate Vote, Dec 27, 1920,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/66-S-325/to-adjourn-the-senate-until-december-30 (accessed 2026-10-16).