Roll Call Vote #36 · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Mar 14, 2016, 5:34 PM (ET)
On the Nomination PN1152 (PN 1152)
John B. King, of New York, to be Secretary of Education
Nomination Confirmed (49-40)
49 Yea
40 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 54 senators
7 Yea / 39 Nay
8 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 44 senators
41 Yea / 1 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
1 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Lamar Alexander (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bill Cassidy (Republican–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) 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 -
Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mitch McConnell (Republican–KY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 49
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Tammy Baldwin (WI)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (CT)
- Cory Booker (NJ)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Bill Cassidy (LA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Joe Donnelly (IN)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Martin Heinrich (NM)
- Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
- Mazie Hirono (HI)
- Tim Kaine (VA)
- Angus King (ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Ed Markey (MA)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Chris Murphy (CT)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Gary Peters (MI)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Brian Schatz (HI)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Elizabeth Warren (MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 40
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman (AR)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Shelley Capito (WV)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- Tom Cotton (AR)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- Steve Daines (MT)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Joni Ernst (IA)
- Deb Fischer (NE)
- Cory Gardner (CO)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven (ND)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Ron Johnson (WI)
- James Lankford (OK)
- Mike Lee (UT)
- Jerry Moran (KS)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- David Perdue, Jr. (GA)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Mike Rounds (SD)
- Ben Sasse (NE)
- Tim Scott (SC)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Dan Sullivan (AK)
- John Thune (SD)
- Thom Tillis (NC)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Not Voting 11
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Ted Cruz (TX)
- Jeff Flake (AZ)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Marco Rubio (FL)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Mark Warner (VA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).