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Senate Confirmation Votes

Tracking how the Senate exercises its constitutional "advice and consent" power over presidential nominees.

Total Votes
28
Confirmed
27
Rejected / Withdrawn
1
Avg Margin
27 votes
Category
President

Confirmation Vote Margins Over Time

Yea minus Nay for each vote

-50-25+25+50+75020092010201520172018202020212022Hillary Clinton: 94-2 (Confirmed)Eric Holder: 75-21 (Confirmed)Sonia Sotomayor: 68-31 (Confirmed)Elena Kagan: 63-37 (Confirmed)Loretta Lynch: 56-43 (Confirmed)Rex Tillerson: 56-43 (Confirmed)Betsy DeVos: 51-50 (Confirmed)Jeff Sessions: 52-47 (Confirmed)Neil Gorsuch: 54-45 (Confirmed)Brett Kavanaugh: 50-48 (Confirmed)Amy Coney Barrett: 52-48 (Confirmed)Lloyd Austin: 93-2 (Confirmed)Janet Yellen: 84-15 (Confirmed)Alejandro Mayorkas: 56-43 (Confirmed)Merrick Garland: 70-30 (Confirmed)Xavier Becerra: 50-49 (Confirmed)Rahm Emanuel: 48-21 (Confirmed)Ketanji Brown Jackson: 53-47 (Confirmed)Marco Rubio: 99-0 (Confirmed)John Ratcliffe: 74-25 (Confirmed)Pete Hegseth: 51-50 (Confirmed)Scott Bessent: 68-29 (Confirmed)Pam Bondi: 54-46 (Confirmed)Tulsi Gabbard: 52-48 (Confirmed)Kash Patel: 51-49 (Confirmed)Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: 52-48 (Confirmed)VOTE DATEMargin (Yea - Nay)ConfirmedOther
28 votes found

Pete Hegseth

Secretary of Defense

Confirmed
CabinetTrump2025-01-25
51YEANAY50

Vice President Vance cast tie-breaking vote

Marco Rubio

Secretary of State

Confirmed
CabinetTrump2025-01-20
99YEANAY0

Unanimous bipartisan confirmation on Inauguration Day

Pam Bondi

Attorney General

Confirmed
CabinetTrump2025-02-05
54YEANAY46

Replaced Matt Gaetz who withdrew

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Confirmed
CabinetTrump2025-03-13
52YEANAY48

Controversial due to vaccine skepticism

Scott Bessent

Secretary of the Treasury

Confirmed
CabinetTrump2025-01-27
68YEANAY29

Broad bipartisan support for hedge fund manager

Tulsi Gabbard

Director of National Intelligence

Confirmed
AgencyTrump2025-02-12
52YEANAY48

Former Democratic congresswoman turned Republican appointee

Kash Patel

Director of the FBI

Confirmed
AgencyTrump2025-02-20
51YEANAY49

Narrowly confirmed amid oversight concerns

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Associate Justice, Supreme Court

Confirmed
Supreme CourtBiden2022-04-07
53YEANAY47

First Black woman on the Supreme Court

Lloyd Austin

Secretary of Defense

Confirmed
CabinetBiden2021-01-22
93YEANAY2

First Black Secretary of Defense; required congressional waiver

Merrick Garland

Attorney General

Confirmed
CabinetBiden2021-03-11
70YEANAY30

Previously denied Supreme Court hearing in 2016

Janet Yellen

Secretary of the Treasury

Confirmed
CabinetBiden2021-01-25
84YEANAY15

First woman to serve as Treasury Secretary

Xavier Becerra

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Confirmed
CabinetBiden2021-03-18
50YEANAY49

Narrowest Cabinet confirmation in decades

Alejandro Mayorkas

Secretary of Homeland Security

Confirmed
CabinetBiden2021-02-02
56YEANAY43

First Latino and immigrant to lead DHS; later impeached by House

Gigi Sohn

Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

Withdrawn
AgencyBiden2023-03-14
Voice vote

Withdrawn after failing to secure enough Democratic votes

Rahm Emanuel

Ambassador to Japan

Confirmed
AmbassadorBiden2021-12-18
48YEANAY21

Progressive Democrats opposed over Laquan McDonald case

Amy Coney Barrett

Associate Justice, Supreme Court

Confirmed
Supreme CourtTrump2020-10-26
52YEANAY48

Confirmed 8 days before presidential election

Brett Kavanaugh

Associate Justice, Supreme Court

Confirmed
Supreme CourtTrump2018-10-06
50YEANAY48

Narrowest Supreme Court confirmation since 1881

Neil Gorsuch

Associate Justice, Supreme Court

Confirmed
Supreme CourtTrump2017-04-07
54YEANAY45

First confirmation after nuclear option invoked for SCOTUS

Jeff Sessions

Attorney General

Confirmed
CabinetTrump2017-02-08
52YEANAY47

Elizabeth Warren silenced for reading Coretta Scott King letter

Betsy DeVos

Secretary of Education

Confirmed
CabinetTrump2017-02-07
51YEANAY50

First Cabinet pick requiring VP tie-breaking vote

Rex Tillerson

Secretary of State

Confirmed
CabinetTrump2017-02-01
56YEANAY43

Former ExxonMobil CEO; most opposition for a SoS nominee in decades

Elena Kagan

Associate Justice, Supreme Court

Confirmed
Supreme CourtObama2010-08-05
63YEANAY37

Fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court

Sonia Sotomayor

Associate Justice, Supreme Court

Confirmed
Supreme CourtObama2009-08-06
68YEANAY31

First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

Hillary Clinton

Secretary of State

Confirmed
CabinetObama2009-01-21
94YEANAY2

Third woman Secretary of State; confirmed on Obama's first full day

Eric Holder

Attorney General

Confirmed
CabinetObama2009-02-02
75YEANAY21

First African American Attorney General

Loretta Lynch

Attorney General

Confirmed
CabinetObama2015-04-23
56YEANAY43

Confirmation delayed 166 days — longest AG wait in history

Caroline Kennedy

Ambassador to Japan

Confirmed
AmbassadorObama2013-10-16
Voice vote

Confirmed by voice vote; JFK's daughter

John Ratcliffe

Director of the CIA

Confirmed
AgencyTrump2025-01-23
74YEANAY25

Former DNI; broad bipartisan support for CIA role

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Data Attribution

Vote tallies sourced from official Senate roll call records (senate.gov). Crossover votes and historical context compiled from Congressional Research Service reports and C-SPAN archives. This page uses curated sample data for demonstration purposes.

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