Senate roll call 715 · 99th Congress · Oct 8, 1986
To adopt the dole motion to not hear additional witnesses in the impeachment trial of judge harry e. Claiborne, United States district court for the district of
On Oct 8, 1986, the Senate voted 61–32. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–13, Democrats 27–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 members voted against their own party.
During the 99th Congress (1985–1986), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 61
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Oct 8, 1986
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 13 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 20 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted no
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
Other votes
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