105 years ago today, on March 15, 1920 (January 25, 1920), the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles for the second time. On March 15, 1920, Wilson's difficult opponent Rocky, the Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles for the second time by a margin of 7 votes, which ended the long-term heated debate in the Senate. In November 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was rejected by a large margin. But at the insistence of most Democratic senators, the Senate renewed its efforts to pass the peace treaty. To win more votes in favor, a group of Republican and Democratic senators developed a compromise plan. Earlier in November, the Senate voted 56 - 26 to approve Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's "reservation" bill to Article 10 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, clarifying that the Treaty of Versailles did not replace the Monroe Doctrine. President Wilson did not support the Senate's new efforts to pass the Treaty of Versailles, and continued to oppose Lodge's "reservations" bill. In the decisive vote, many Democratic senators parted ways with the president and voted in favor of passing the Treaty of Versailles with reservations. As a result, 57 senators voted for the Treaty of Versailles and 39 voted against it. The majority was in favor, but there were still 7 votes short of the 2/3 votes needed to pass the treaty.