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 24 senators
3 Yea / 15 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 14 senators
14 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 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 -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 49
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory Booker
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Bill Cassidy
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Chris Coons
- John Cornyn
- Joe Donnelly (IN)
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
- Mazie Hirono
- Tim Kaine
- Angus King
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Ed Markey
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Chris Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Gary Peters
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Brian Schatz
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 40
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Shelley Capito
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Steve Daines
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Joni Ernst
- Deb Fischer
- Cory Gardner (CO)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Ron Johnson
- James Lankford
- Mike Lee
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- David Perdue, Jr. (GA)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Mike Rounds
- Benjamin Sasse (NE)
- Tim Scott
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Dan Sullivan
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 11
- Sherrod Brown
- Ted Cruz
- Jeff Flake (AZ)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Marco Rubio
- Bernie Sanders
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Mark Warner
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).