Federal judgeship act of 1990

On Sep 27, 1990, the House voted 386–18 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (HR 5316). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 232–8, Republicans 155–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 members voted against their own party.

During the 101st Congress (1989–1990), George H. W. Bush was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 386
No: 18
Did not vote: 38
Date: Sep 27, 1990

By party

Republicans155 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats232 yes · 8 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
James Prather Jontz D-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS voted no
Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA voted no
Timothy Joseph Penny D-MN voted no
Melton D. (Mel) Hancock R-MO voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Cass Ballenger R-NC voted no
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
George William Gekas R-PA voted no
Austin John Murphy D-PA voted no
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
Donald Kenneth Sundquist R-TN voted no
Richard Keith Armey R-TX voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
David Ross Obey D-WI voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no

The bill

H.R. 5316: To provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, and for other purposes.

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
William Louis Dickinson R-AL
John Glen Browder D-AL
Tom Bevill D-AL
Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
Ben Erdreich D-AL
Claude Harris Jr. D-AL
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes III R-AZ
Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
Douglas Harry Bosco D-CA
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Barbara Boxer D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Thomas J. Campbell R-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
Norman David Shumway R-CA
Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
Richard Henry Lehman D-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Meldon Edises Levine D-CA
Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-CA
Esteban Edward Torres D-CA
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
William David Lowery R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Ronald C. Packard R-CA
Jim Bates D-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
David Evans Skaggs D-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Joel M. Hefley R-CO
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
James William Grant R-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Craig T. James R-FL
Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland R-FL
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Thomas F. Lewis R-FL
Porter J. Goss R-FL
Harry A. Johnston II D-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Robert Lindsay Thomas D-GA
Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
Richard Belmont Ray D-GA
Ben Jones D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
George (Buddy) Darden D-GA
James Roy Rowland Jr. D-GA
Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
Patricia Saiki R-HI
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
David Ray Nagle D-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
James Ross Lightfoot R-IA
Frederick Lawrence Grandy R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Richard Howard Stallings D-ID
Charles Arthur Hayes D-IL
Gus Savage D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
George Edward Sangmeister D-IL
William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
John Edward Porter R-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Philip Miller Crane R-IL
Harris W. Fawell R-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
Lane Allen Evans D-IL
Robert Henry Michel R-IL
Terry Lee Bruce D-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Glenn Poshard D-IL
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
John Patrick Hiler R-IN
Jill Lynette Long D-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
John Thomas Myers R-IN
Francis Xavier Mccloskey D-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
James Charles Slattery D-KS
Jan Meyers R-KS
Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
Carl Christopher Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
James Allison Hayes D-LA
Clyde Cecil Holloway R-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
Chester Greenough Atkins D-MA
Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
Helen Delich Bentley R-MD
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
Charles Thomas Mcmillen D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
Kweisi Mfume D-MD
Constance A. Morella R-MD
Joseph Edward Brennan D-ME
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Paul B. Henry R-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
Robert William Davis R-MI
David Edward Bonior D-MI
Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
William David Ford D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
Gerald Edward Sikorski D-MN
Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
John William (Jack) Buechner R-MO
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Alan Dupree Wheat D-MO
Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy D-MS
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
John Patrick Williams D-MT
Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Itimous Thaddeus (Tim) Valentine Jr. D-NC
H. Martin Lancaster D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
John Alexander Mcmillan III (Alex) R-NC
James McClure Clarke D-NC
Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
Peter J. Hoagland D-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Charles Gywnne Douglas III R-NH
William John Hughes D-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Dean Anderson Gallo R-NJ
James Andrew Courter R-NJ
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
Steven Harvey Schiff R-NM
Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
Bill Richardson D-NM
James Hubert Bilbray D-NV
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich R-NV
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Robert Jan Mrazek D-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
Floyd Harold Flake D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Thomas J. Manton D-NY
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Susan Molinari R-NY
Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
David O'Brien Martin R-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
L. William Paxon R-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Bob Mcewen R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Edgar Lukens R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Clarence E. Miller R-OH
Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
John Richard Kasich R-OH
Donald James Pease D-OH
Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
Edward Farrell Feighan D-OH
Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
Robert Freeman Smith R-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
Thomas Michael Foglietta D-PA
William Herbert Gray III D-PA
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
Joseph Paul Kolter D-PA
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
Peter Houston Kostmayer D-PA
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
William Joseph Coyne D-PA
Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
Robert Smith Walker R-PA
Douglas Walgren D-PA
William Franklin Goodling R-PA
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
Thomas Joseph Ridge R-PA
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
Claudine Schneider R-RI
Arthur Ravenel Jr. R-SC
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
Elizabeth J. Patterson D-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (Robin) D-SC
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
James Henry Quillen R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Jim Chapman D-TX
Charles Wilson D-TX
Harry Stephen (Steve) Bartlett R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
John Wiley Bryant D-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
James Marvin Leath D-TX
Preston M. (Pete) Geren D-TX
William Sarpalius D-TX
Gregory H. Laughlin D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Ronald D'Emory Coleman D-TX
Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
Craig Anthony Washington D-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
Albert G. Bustamante D-TX
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
Michael Allen Andrews D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
James Vear Hansen R-UT
Douglas Wayne Owens D-UT
Howard Curtis Nielson R-UT
Herbert Harvell Bateman R-VA
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
Norman Sisisky D-VA
Lewis Franklin Payne Jr. D-VA
James R. Olin D-VA
Daniel French Slaughter Jr. R-VA
Stanford E. Parris R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Peter P. Smith R-VT
John Ripin Miller R-WA
Allan Byron Swift D-WA
Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Rodney Dennis Chandler R-WA
Leslie Aspin D-WI
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
Jim Moody D-WI
Toby A. Roth R-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr. D-WV
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Tommy Franklin Robinson R-AR
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Robert T. Matsui D-CA
Tony Coelho D-CA
Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Alfred A. Mccandless R-CA
Daniel Schaefer R-CO
Bruce Andrew Morrison D-CT
John Rowland R-CT
Lawrence Jack Smith D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Bill Schuette R-MI
George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
Michael (Mike) Parker D-MS
Larkin I. Smith R-MS
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
George Joseph Hochbrueckner D-NY
Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
Robert Garcia D-NY
Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
Ronald K. Machtley R-RI
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Federal judgeship act of 1990: House Vote, Sep 27, 1990,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/101-H-739/federal-judgeship-act-of-1990 (accessed 2026-10-17).