U.S. Senator / Democratic-NC

Judicial confirmation votes cast by John Edwards

Senator John Edwards cast 146 recorded votes on federal judicial nominations in this dataset, 101 to confirm, 5 against, and 40 not voting.

Votes cast 146 · Confirmed 101 · Against 5 · Not voting 40

Confirmation votes

Judge	Court	Nominated by	Year	Vote
Diane S. Sykes	Seventh Circuit	George W. Bush	2004	Against
F. Dennis Saylor IV	District of Massachusetts	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen	Third Circuit	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Gary L. Sharpe	Northern District of New York	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Gene E.K. Pratter	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
James L. Robart	Western District of Washington	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
James Leon Holmes	Eastern District of Arkansas	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Jane J. Boyle	Northern District of Texas	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Juan Ramon Sánchez	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Judith C. Herrera	District of New Mexico	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Kenneth M. Karas	Southern District of New York	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Lawrence F. Stengel	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Louis Guirola Jr.	Southern District of Mississippi	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Marcia G. Cooke	Southern District of Florida	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Mark R. Filip	Northern District of Illinois	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Michael H. Schneider Sr.	Eastern District of Texas	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Paul Steven Diamond	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Raymond W. Gruender	Eighth Circuit	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Ricardo S. Martinez	Western District of Washington	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Roger T. Benitez	Southern District of California	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Sandra L. Townes	Eastern District of New York	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Virginia Emerson Hopkins	Northern District of Alabama	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington	Middle District of Florida	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Walter DeKalb Kelley Jr.	Eastern District of Virginia	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
William S. Duffey Jr.	Northern District of Georgia	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Allyson Kay Duncan	Fourth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Carlos T. Bea	Ninth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Consuelo Maria Callahan	Ninth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Cormac J. Carney	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Dale S. Fischer	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Dana Makoto Sabraw	Southern District of California	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
David G. Campbell	District of Arizona	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Deborah L. Cook	Sixth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Against
Dee D. Drell	Western District of Louisiana	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Earl Leroy Yeakel III	Western District of Texas	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Edward Charles Prado	Fifth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Frank Montalvo	Western District of Texas	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Glen Edward Conrad	Western District of Virginia	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Gregory L. Frost	Southern District of Ohio	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Henry Franklin Floyd	District of South Carolina	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
J. Daniel Breen	Western District of Tennessee	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
J. Ronnie Greer	Eastern District of Tennessee	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
James I. Cohn	Southern District of Florida	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
James V. Selna	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Jay S. Bybee	Ninth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Jeffrey S. Sutton	Sixth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Against
John R. Adams	Northern District of Ohio	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Kim R. Gibson	Western District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Larry Alan Burns	Southern District of California	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Lonny R. Suko	Eastern District of Washington	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Marcia A. Crone	Eastern District of Texas	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Margaret Catharine Rodgers	Northern District of Florida	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Mark R. Kravitz	District of Connecticut	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Michael Chertoff	Third Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Michael W. Mosman	District of Oregon	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
R. David Proctor	Northern District of Alabama	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Richard C. Wesley	Second Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Richard D. Bennett	District of Maryland	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Robert A. Junell	Western District of Texas	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Roger W. Titus	District of Maryland	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Ronald A. White	Eastern District of Oklahoma	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
S. James Otero	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
S. Maurice Hicks Jr.	Western District of Louisiana	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Samuel Der-Yeghiayan	Northern District of Illinois	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Sandra J. Feuerstein	Eastern District of New York	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Steven M. Colloton	Eighth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Theresa Lazar Springmann	Northern District of Indiana	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Thomas A. Varlan	Eastern District of Tennessee	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
Timothy M. Tymkovich	Tenth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Against
William D. Quarles Jr.	District of Maryland	George W. Bush	2003	Not voting
William Q. Hayes	Southern District of California	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Andrew S. Hanen	Southern District of Texas	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Arthur J. Schwab	Western District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
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	Confirm
David Brooks Smith	Third Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
David C. Bury	District of Arizona	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Dennis W. Shedd	Fourth Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Against
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	Confirm
John E. Jones III	Middle District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
John F. Walter	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Joy Flowers Conti	Western District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Julia Smith Gibbons	Sixth Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Kenneth A. Marra	Southern District of Florida	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
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	Confirm
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	Confirm
Paul G. Cassell	District of Utah	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Percy Anderson	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
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	Confirm
Richard R. Clifton	Ninth Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Robert E. Blackburn	District of Colorado	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Samuel H. Mays Jr.	Western District of Tennessee	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Terrence F. McVerry	Western District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Terrence L. O'Brien	Tenth Circuit	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
Timothy J. Corrigan	Middle District of Florida	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
William C. Griesbach	Eastern District of Wisconsin	George W. Bush	2002	Confirm
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	Confirm
James A. Teilborg	District of Arizona	William J. Clinton	2000	Confirm
James J. Brady	Middle District of Louisiana	William J. Clinton	2000	Confirm
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	Confirm
Mary A. McLaughlin	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	William J. Clinton	2000	Confirm
Richard A. Paez	Ninth Circuit	William J. Clinton	2000	Confirm
Thomas L. Ambro	Third Circuit	William J. Clinton	2000	Confirm
Timothy B. Dyk	Federal Circuit	William J. Clinton	2000	Confirm
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	Confirm
Karen E. Schreier	District of South Dakota	William J. Clinton	1999	Confirm
Keith P. Ellison	Southern District of Texas	William J. Clinton	1999	Confirm
Raymond C. Fisher	Ninth Circuit	William J. Clinton	1999	Confirm
Stefan R. Underhill	District of Connecticut	William J. Clinton	1999	Confirm
W. Allen Pepper Jr.	Northern District of Mississippi	William J. Clinton	1999	Confirm

Sources: Senate.gov roll-call votes and the FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-07-09. Verify against the primary source before relying. Informational only; not a consumer report (FCRA).