Roll Call Vote #349 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Nov 17, 2009, 4:37 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of David F. Hamilton, of Indiana, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit.) (PN 187)
David F. Hamilton, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit
Motion Agreed to (70-29, 3/5 majority required)
70 Yea
29 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 58 senators
58 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 40 senators
10 Yea / 29 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 2 senators
2 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Lamar Alexander (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Saxby Chambliss (Republican–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Cornyn (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Thune (Republican–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 70
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Paul Kirk, Jr. (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- John Thune (SD)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 29
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- George LeMieux (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Not Voting 1
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
Other Votes on PN 187
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Vote #350 On the Nomination PN187Nomination Confirmed (59-39) Nov 19, 2009
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).