March 19 in American History
For the final time, the Senate voted down the Treaty of Versailles and with it membership in Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations. Despite the president negotiating it personally, the Senate exercised its constitutional check on treaties — and America turned away from the world body it had helped design, toward two decades of isolation.
In 1920: the Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles. For the final time, the Senate voted down the Treaty of Versailles and with it membership in Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations.
For the final time, the Senate voted down the Treaty of Versailles and with it membership in Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations. Despite the president negotiating it personally, the Senate exercised its constitutional check on treaties — and America turned away from the world body it had helped design, toward two decades of isolation.
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