Senate roll call 258 · 101st Congress · Oct 20, 1989
A resolution impeaching Alcee L. Hastings, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
On Oct 20, 1989, the Senate voted 67–28 on “Guilty or Not Guilty” (HRES 499). Result: Guilty. By party: Democrats 32–23, Republicans 35–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 members voted against their own party.
During the 101st Congress (1989–1990), George H. W. Bush was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Guilty
- Yes
- 67
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Oct 20, 1989
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 23 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- 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
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
Did not vote
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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