U.S. Senator / Republican-NC

Judicial confirmation votes cast by Jesse Helms

Senator Jesse Helms cast 106 recorded votes on federal judicial nominations in this dataset, 59 to confirm, 21 against, and 26 not voting.

Votes cast 106 · Confirmed 59 · Against 21 · Not voting 26

Confirmation votes

Judge	Court	Nominated by	Year	Vote
Andrew S. Hanen	Southern District of Texas	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Arthur J. Schwab	Western District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Callie V. Granade	Southern District of Alabama	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Cindy K. Jorgenson	District of Arizona	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Cynthia M. Rufe	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
David Brooks Smith	Third Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
David C. Bury	District of Arizona	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Dennis W. Shedd	Fourth Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
James C. Mahan	District of Nevada	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Jay C. Zainey	Eastern District of Louisiana	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Jeffrey R. Howard	First Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
John E. Jones III	Middle District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
John F. Walter	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Joy Flowers Conti	Western District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Julia Smith Gibbons	Sixth Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Kenneth A. Marra	Southern District of Florida	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Lance M. Africk	Eastern District of Louisiana	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Legrome D. Davis	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Leonard E. Davis	Eastern District of Texas	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Marcia S. Krieger	District of Colorado	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Michael Joseph Melloy	Eighth Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Michael M. Baylson	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Paul G. Cassell	District of Utah	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Percy Anderson	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Philip Ray Martinez	Western District of Texas	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Ralph R. Beistline	District of Alaska	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Reena Raggi	Second Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Richard R. Clifton	Ninth Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Robert E. Blackburn	District of Colorado	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Samuel H. Mays Jr.	Western District of Tennessee	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Terrence F. McVerry	Western District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Terrence L. O'Brien	Tenth Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Timothy J. Corrigan	Middle District of Florida	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
William C. Griesbach	Eastern District of Wisconsin	George W. Bush	2002	Not voting
Barrington Daniels Parker Jr.	Second Circuit	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Claire Eagan	Northern District of Oklahoma	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Edith Brown Clement	Fifth Circuit	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Frederick J. Martone	District of Arizona	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Harris L. Hartz	Tenth Circuit	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
James H. Payne	Eastern District of Oklahoma	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
John D. Bates	District of Columbia	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Karen K. Caldwell	Eastern District of Kentucky	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Karon O. Bowdre	Northern District of Alabama	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Larry R. Hicks	District of Nevada	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Laurie Smith Camp	District of Nebraska	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
M. Christina Armijo	District of New Mexico	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Michael P. Mills	Northern District of Mississippi	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Reggie B. Walton	District of Columbia	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Richard F. Cebull	District of Montana	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Roger L. Gregory	Fourth Circuit	William J. Clinton	2001	Confirm
Sam E. Haddon	District of Montana	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Sharon Prost	Federal Circuit	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Stephen P. Friot	Western District of Oklahoma	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
Terry L. Wooten	District of South Carolina	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
William Jay Riley	Eighth Circuit	George W. Bush	2001	Confirm
George B. Daniels	Southern District of New York	William J. Clinton	2000	Confirm
Gerard E. Lynch	Southern District of New York	William J. Clinton	2000	Against
James A. Teilborg	District of Arizona	William J. Clinton	2000	Confirm
James J. Brady	Middle District of Louisiana	William J. Clinton	2000	Against
Joel A. Pisano	District of New Jersey	William J. Clinton	2000	Confirm
Julio M. Fuentes	Third Circuit	William J. Clinton	2000	Confirm
Kermit Edward Bye	Eighth Circuit	William J. Clinton	2000	Confirm
Marsha Siegel Berzon	Ninth Circuit	William J. Clinton	2000	Against
Mary A. McLaughlin	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	William J. Clinton	2000	Against
Richard A. Paez	Ninth Circuit	William J. Clinton	2000	Against
Thomas L. Ambro	Third Circuit	William J. Clinton	2000	Confirm
Timothy B. Dyk	Federal Circuit	William J. Clinton	2000	Against
Adalberto Jose Jordan	Southern District of Florida	William J. Clinton	1999	Confirm
Brian Theadore Stewart	District of Utah	William J. Clinton	1999	Confirm
Gary Allen Feess	Central District of California	William J. Clinton	1999	Against
Karen E. Schreier	District of South Dakota	William J. Clinton	1999	Against
Keith P. Ellison	Southern District of Texas	William J. Clinton	1999	Against
Raymond C. Fisher	Ninth Circuit	William J. Clinton	1999	Against
Stefan R. Underhill	District of Connecticut	William J. Clinton	1999	Against
W. Allen Pepper Jr.	Northern District of Mississippi	William J. Clinton	1999	Against
A. Howard Matz	Central District of California	William J. Clinton	1998	Confirm
Ann L. Aiken	District of Oregon	William J. Clinton	1998	Against
Carlos R. Moreno	Central District of California	William J. Clinton	1998	Confirm
G. Patrick Murphy	Southern District of Illinois	William J. Clinton	1998	Not voting
Jeremy D. Fogel	Northern District of California	William J. Clinton	1998	Confirm
M. Margaret McKeown	Ninth Circuit	William J. Clinton	1998	Not voting
Margaret M. Morrow	Central District of California	William J. Clinton	1998	Against
Richard L. Young	Southern District of Indiana	William J. Clinton	1998	Not voting
Susan Graber	Ninth Circuit	William J. Clinton	1998	Confirm
Susan Oki Mollway	District of Hawaii	William J. Clinton	1998	Against
Victoria A. Roberts	Eastern District of Michigan	William J. Clinton	1998	Confirm
William A. Fletcher	Ninth Circuit	William J. Clinton	1998	Against
Algenon L. Marbley	Southern District of Ohio	William J. Clinton	1997	Confirm
Charles J. Siragusa	Western District of New York	William J. Clinton	1997	Confirm
Christina A. Snyder	Central District of California	William J. Clinton	1997	Confirm
Christopher Fitzgerald Droney	District of Connecticut	William J. Clinton	1997	Confirm
Frank M. Hull	Eleventh Circuit	William J. Clinton	1997	Not voting
Henry Harold Kennedy Jr.	District of Columbia	William J. Clinton	1997	Not voting
James S. Gwin	Northern District of Ohio	William J. Clinton	1997	Confirm
Janet C. Hall	District of Connecticut	William J. Clinton	1997	Confirm
Joseph F. Bataillon	District of Nebraska	William J. Clinton	1997	Confirm
Katharine Sweeney Hayden	District of New Jersey	William J. Clinton	1997	Confirm
Merrick B. Garland	District of Columbia Circuit	William J. Clinton	1997	Against
Ronald Lee Gilman	Sixth Circuit	William J. Clinton	1997	Confirm
H. Lee Sarokin	Third Circuit	William J. Clinton	1994	Against
Rosemary Barkett	Eleventh Circuit	William J. Clinton	1994	Against
Stephen Gerald Breyer	Supreme Court	William J. Clinton	1994	Against
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Supreme Court	William J. Clinton	1993	Against
Edward Earl Carnes	Eleventh Circuit	George H.W. Bush	1992	Confirm
Clarence Thomas	Supreme Court	George H.W. Bush	1991	Confirm
David Hackett Souter	Supreme Court	George H.W. Bush	1990	Confirm

Sources: Senate.gov roll-call votes and the FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Verify against the primary source before relying. Informational only; not a consumer report (FCRA).