Derek Shearer, of California, to be Ambassador to Finland

On May 24, 1994, the Senate voted 67–31 on “On the Nomination” (PN 1159). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Democrats 53–1, Republicans 14–30. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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: 67
No: 31
Did not vote: 4
Date: May 24, 1994

By party

Republicans14 yes · 30 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats53 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM 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
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens 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
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
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
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
John William Warner R-VA
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Malcolm Wallop R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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