Roll Call Vote #8 · 107th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 1, 2001, 1:39 PM (ET)
On the Nomination PN107 (PN 107)
John Ashcroft, of Missouri, to be Attorney General
Nomination Confirmed (58-42)
58 Yea
42 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 44 senators
44 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 43 senators
9 Yea / 34 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Zell Miller (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 58
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 42
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Maria Cantwell
- Jean Carnahan (MO)
- Tom Carper
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Dick Durbin
- John Edwards (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).