History
The Republican Party controlled the United States Senate after the election of 1918, but the Senators were divided into multiple positions on the Versailles question. It proved possible to build a majority coalition, but impossible to build a two thirds coalition that was needed to pass a treaty. One block of Democrats strongly supported the Versailles Treaty. A second group of Democrats supported the Treaty but followedMembers
Those who have been identified as members of the faction include: *See also
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Further reading
* Bailey, Thomas A. ''Woodrow Wilson and the Great Betrayal'' (1945) * Duff, John B. "The Versailles Treaty and the Irish-Americans," ''Journal of American History'' Vol. 55, No. 3 (Dec., 1968), pp. 582–59