Senate roll call 233 · 103rd Congress · Aug 3, 1993
Thomas W. Payzant, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education
On Aug 3, 1993, the Senate voted 72–27 on “On the Nomination” (PN 291). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Democrats 54–1, Republicans 18–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 103rd Congress (1993–1994), Bill Clinton was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Nomination Confirmed
- Yes
- 72
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 3, 1993
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 26 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats54 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX voted yes
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted yes
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
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell 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
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- 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
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-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
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Harlan Mathews D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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