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Senate Vote 481 (117th Congress, 1st Session) · December 7, 2021

PN 450

On the Nomination

Deirdre Hamilton, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2022

NominationTerritories & states

The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record

Senate.gov — official roll-call record
Tally data compiled from the official record by Voteview (UCLA) · see sources

Cite this record

Reference number: vote-117-s481
Permanent link: https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-117-s481
Official source: U.S. Senate roll-call vote record ↗
Last checked: November 3, 2026Congressional vote archive last refreshed from the official roll-call records

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Chicago

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BibTeX

@misc{votefiles_vote_117_s481,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Senate recorded vote (117th Congress): On the Nomination (PN 450)}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-117-s481}},
  note         = {Reference number vote-117-s481; official source: U.S. Senate roll-call vote record, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll\_call\_votes/vote1171/vote\_117\_1\_00481.htm; last checked November 3, 2026; accessed November 3, 2026}
}

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The tally

How the vote fell

The measure itself

What was on the floor

A nomination has no bill text; the record is the confirmation vote itself.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on PN 450

The map

How each state's senators voted

In 23 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 21 every one voted no; 6 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.

All yes
All no
Split
No yes or no vote

Alaska: 1 yes, 1 no
Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
New York: 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
California: 2 yes, 0 no
Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
Oklahoma: 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
Florida: 0 yes, 2 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

Select any member to pull their file.

On the Nomination

How the vote fell

What was on the floor

Every roll call on PN 450

How each state's senators voted

Alaska 1 yes, 1 no

Alabama 0 yes, 2 no

Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no

Arizona 2 yes, 0 no

California 2 yes, 0 no

Colorado 2 yes, 0 no

Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no

Delaware 2 yes, 0 no

Florida 0 yes, 2 no

Georgia 2 yes, 0 no

Hawaii 2 yes, 0 no

Iowa 0 yes, 2 no

Idaho 0 yes, 2 no

Illinois 2 yes, 0 no

Indiana 0 yes, 2 no

Kansas 0 yes, 2 no

Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no

Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

Maryland 2 yes, 0 no

Maine 2 yes, 0 no

Michigan 2 yes, 0 no

Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no

Missouri 0 yes, 2 no

Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no

Montana 1 yes, 1 no

North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no

Nevada 2 yes, 0 no

New York 2 yes, 0 no

Ohio 1 yes, 1 no

Oklahoma 0 yes, 2 no

Oregon 2 yes, 0 no

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no

Texas 0 yes, 2 no

Utah 0 yes, 2 no

Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Vermont 2 yes, 0 no

Washington 2 yes, 0 no

Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no

West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 2 no

Every vote, by name — 101 members