U.S. Senate · 117th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 5
On the Nomination
Confirmation: Lloyd James Austin, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Defense
Nomination Confirmed · 93 Yea, 2 Nay
- Held
- January 22, 2021, 10:31 AM EST
- Vote type
- Final passage
- Party-unity vote
- No
- Official record
- www.senate.gov
How each party voted
Members are shown in the party they belonged to on the day of the vote, as the official record lists them. In our statistics, independents are counted with the party they caucus with.
| Vote | Republican | Democrat | Independent | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 43 | 48 | 2 | 93 |
| Nay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Not voting | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Members | 50 | 48 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (93)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)
- Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
- Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Joe Manchin, III (D-WV)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Rob Portman (R-OH)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Ben Sasse (R-NE)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Nay (2)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
Not voting (5)
- Richard Burr (R-NC)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)