Senate roll call 287 · 101st Congress · Nov 3, 1989
To adopt article II in the impeachment proceedings of judge walter l. Nixon. Article II says that judge nixon willfully made untruthful statements before the GR
On Nov 3, 1989, the Senate voted 78–19 on “Guilty or Not Guilty”. Result: Guilty. By party: Democrats 51–3, Republicans 28–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- Guilty
- Yes
- 78
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Nov 3, 1989
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 16 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats51 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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