Roll Call Vote #232 · 103rd Congress · Session 1 · Aug 3, 1993, 10:25 AM (ET)
On the Nomination PN422 (PN 422)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, of New York, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Nomination Confirmed (96-3)
96 Yea
3 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 53 senators
52 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 42 senators
39 Yea / 3 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Jesse Helms (Republican–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Donald Nickles (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Smith (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 96
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- David Boren (OK)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Harlan Mathews (TN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 3
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Robert Smith (NH)
Not Voting 1
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).