Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit

On Jun 14, 2005, the Senate voted 73–24 on “On the Nomination” (PN 202). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Republicans 53–0, Democrats 20–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 members voted against their own party.

During the 109th Congress (2005–2006), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Nomination Confirmed
Yes: 73
No: 24
Did not vote: 4
Date: Jun 14, 2005

By party

Republicans53 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats20 yes · 24 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
Mark Pryor D-AR voted yes
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted yes
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted yes
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted yes
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
Barack Obama D-IL voted yes
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted yes
Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted yes
Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted yes
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted yes
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Lisa Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
Mark Pryor D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Barack Obama D-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
David Vitter R-LA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Carl Levin D-MI
Norm Coleman R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
James Matthes Talent R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Kent Conrad D-ND
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
John E. Sununu R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
John Eric Ensign R-NV
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
James W. Demint R-SC
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
John Thune R-SD
Lamar Alexander R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
John Cornyn R-TX
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
George Allen R-VA
John William Warner R-VA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, to be United…: Senate Vote, Jun 14, 2005,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/109-S-136/thomas-b-griffith-of-utah-to-be-united-states (accessed 2026-10-17).