A resolution impeaching G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, for high crimes and misdemeano

On Dec 8, 2010, the Senate voted 96–0 on “Guilty or Not Guilty” (HRES 1031). Result: Guilty. By party: Democrats 55–0, Republicans 40–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.

During the 111th Congress (2009–2010), Barack Obama was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Guilty
Yes: 96
No: 0
Did not vote: 15
Date: Dec 8, 2010

By party

Republicans40 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats55 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.

How each senator voted: Yes

Lisa Murkowski R-AK
Mark Begich D-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Mark Pryor D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Mark Udall D-CO
Michael F. Bennet D-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Christopher A. Coons D-DE
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
George S. Lemieux R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
James Risch R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Evan Bayh D-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
David Vitter R-LA
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Scott P. Brown R-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Carl Levin D-MI
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
Al Franken D-MN
Amy Klobuchar D-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
Claire Mccaskill D-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Jon Tester D-MT
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Kay Hagan D-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Kent Conrad D-ND
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
Mike Johanns R-NE
Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
Robert Menendez D-NJ
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
John Eric Ensign R-NV
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Sherrod Brown D-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Jeff Merkley D-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Arlen Specter D-PA
Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
James W. Demint R-SC
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
John Thune R-SD
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
Lamar Alexander R-TN
Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
John Cornyn R-TX
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
Mark R. Warner D-VA
Bernard Sanders I-VT
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
Patty Murray D-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Joe Manchin III D-WV
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
John A. Barrasso R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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