Roll Call Vote #54 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Apr 30, 1997, 5:00 PM (ET)
On the Nomination PN82 (PN 82)
Alexis M. Herman, of Alabama, to be Secretary of Labor
Nomination Confirmed (85-13)
85 Yea
13 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
37 Yea / 13 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 41 senators
39 Yea / 0 Nay
2 not voting or present
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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A. Allard (Republican–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Larry Craig (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lauch Faircloth (Republican–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Phil Gramm (Republican–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chuck Hagel (Republican–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jesse Helms (Republican–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Inhofe (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pat Roberts (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Smith (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Craig Thomas (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Fred Thompson (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 85
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 13
- A. Allard (CO)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
Not Voting 2
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).