Senate roll call 480 · 105th Congress · Jun 26, 1998
A. Howard Matz, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California vice Harry L. Hupp, retired
On Jun 26, 1998, the Senate voted 85–0 on “On the Nomination” (PN 744). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Republicans 47–0, Democrats 38–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.
During the 105th Congress (1997–1998), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Nomination Confirmed
- Yes
- 85
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jun 26, 1998
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats38 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- Rod Grams R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John David Ashcroft 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
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli 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
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
- William H. Frist R-TN
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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