The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (66th Congress) · November 18, 1919
Recorded vote
TO AGREE TO A RESERVATION TO THE VERSAILLES TREATY, PROVIDING THAT ARTICLE NO. 11 SHALL IN NO RESPECT ABRIDGE THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH, THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS, AND THE ADVOCACY OF THE PRINCIPLES OF NATIONAL …
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The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
The people
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
The official record
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 15 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 19 every one voted no; 13 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 1 yes, 1 no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 yes, 2 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Hollis Bankhead (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Oscar Wilder Underwood (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Marcus Aurelius Smith (Democrat) — NAY
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Heisler Ball (Republican) — YEA
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Baird Cummins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Squire Kenyon (Republican) — YEA
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Elroy Townsend (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Truman Handy Newberry (Republican) — YEA
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Billings Kellogg (Republican) — NAY
- Knute Nelson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lee Slater Overman (Democrat) — NAY
North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no
New Mexico 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Bacon Fall (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones (Democrat) — NAY
Nevada 0 yes, 2 no
New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Musgrave Calder (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Atlee Pomerene (Democrat) — NAY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oklahoma 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Robert Latham Owen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Pryor Gore (Democrat) — YEA
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt (Republican) — NAY
- Peter Goelet Gerry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Allen Culberson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Morris Sheppard (Democrat) — NAY
Utah 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carroll Smalley Page (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Paul Dillingham (Republican) — YEA
Washington 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Miles Poindexter (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Wesley Livsey Jones (Republican) — YEA
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 95 members
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