Senate roll call 718 · 99th Congress · Oct 9, 1986
To adopt article III, in the matter of the impeachment of judge harry e. Claiborne, of the United States district court for the district of nevada. This articl
On Oct 9, 1986, the Senate voted 46–17. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–5, Republicans 18–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 46
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Oct 9, 1986
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 12 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
Did not vote
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- John Melcher D-MT
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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