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 88–8 on “Guilty or Not Guilty” (HRES 1031). Result: Guilty. By party: Democrats 49–6, Republicans 38–2, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 members voted against their own party.

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

Result: Guilty
Yes: 88
No: 8
Did not vote: 15
Date: Dec 8, 2010

By party

Republicans38 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats49 yes · 6 no · 11 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
Al Franken D-MN voted no
Claire Mccaskill D-MO voted no
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
Harry Reid D-NV voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
Joe Manchin III D-WV voted no

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
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 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
Amy Klobuchar D-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
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
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
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
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
John A. Barrasso 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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