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Senate · Roll call 87 · 2nd session · March 26, 2014 A vote to confirm Edward G. Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Nomination Confirmed69–31 Nomination Party-line vote
Question
On the Nomination
Official record
Senate roll call 87, 113th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
113-s378, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 113th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
PN 1210

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 23 · No 30
Republicans
Yes 45 · No 0
Independent
Yes 1 · No 1

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

President's positions

President Obama's position: wanted a Yes vote

“Nominated by the President: Edward G. Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania”

Source: Nomination · Automatic

About this vote

This is the Senate's vote on the nomination itself, PN 1210. A Yes vote confirms him to the judgeship.

This summary was drafted and checked with AI (Claude) using only the official record of the vote. Report an error

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Mark BegichAKDemocratNo
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanYes
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Mark L. PryorARDemocratYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanYes
John McCainAZRepublicanYes
Barbara BoxerCADemocratNo
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratNo
Mark UdallCODemocratNo
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratNo
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanYes
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanYes
Saxby ChamblissGARepublicanYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratNo
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Tom HarkinIADemocratNo
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Mark KirkILRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratNo
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanYes
David VitterLARepublicanYes
Mary L. LandrieuLADemocratYes
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratNo
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratNo
Barbara A. MikulskiMDDemocratNo
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratNo
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanYes
Carl LevinMIDemocratYes
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratNo
Al FrankenMNDemocratNo
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Claire McCaskillMODemocratYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Thad CochranMSRepublicanYes
John E. WalshMTDemocratNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratNo
Kay R. HaganNCDemocratNo
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Mike JohannsNERepublicanYes
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratNo
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratNo
Robert MenendezNJDemocratNo
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratNo
Tom UdallNMDemocratNo
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Harry ReidNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratNo
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratNo
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Tom CoburnOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratNo
Ron WydenORDemocratNo
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Tim JohnsonSDDemocratYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanYes
Mike LeeUTRepublicanYes
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentNo
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratNo
Patty MurrayWADemocratNo
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanYes
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratNo
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
John D. Rockefeller, IVWVDemocratNo
John BarrassoWYRepublicanYes
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanYes