U.S. Senator / Republican-FL

Judicial confirmation votes cast by Mel Martinez

Senator Mel Martinez cast 60 recorded votes on federal judicial nominations in this dataset, 53 to confirm, 2 against, and 5 not voting.

Votes cast 60 · Confirmed 53 · Against 2 · Not voting 5

Confirmation votes

Judge	Court	Nominated by	Year	Vote
Sonia Sotomayor	Supreme Court	Barack Obama	2009	Confirm
Brian Stacy Miller	Eastern District of Arkansas	George W. Bush	2008	Confirm
G. Steven Agee	Fourth Circuit	George W. Bush	2008	Confirm
Helene N. White	Sixth Circuit	George W. Bush	2008	Against
Mark Steven Davis	Eastern District of Virginia	George W. Bush	2008	Confirm
William T. Lawrence	Southern District of Indiana	George W. Bush	2008	Confirm
Benjamin Hale Settle	Western District of Washington	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Debra Ann Livingston	Second Circuit	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Frederick J. Kapala	Northern District of Illinois	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
George H. Wu	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Gregory Kent Frizzell	Northern District of Oklahoma	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Halil Suleyman Ozerden	Southern District of Mississippi	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Janet T. Neff	Western District of Michigan	George W. Bush	2007	Against
Janis Lynn Sammartino	Southern District of California	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
John Alfred Jarvey	Southern District of Iowa	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
John Daniel Tinder	Seventh Circuit	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Leslie Southwick	Fifth Circuit	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Liam O'Grady	Eastern District of Virginia	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Lisa Godbey Wood	Southern District of Georgia	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Marcia Morales Howard	Middle District of Florida	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Nora Barry Fischer	Western District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Norman Randy Smith	Ninth Circuit	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Philip S. Gutierrez	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Richard Joseph Sullivan	Southern District of New York	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Robert Michael Dow Jr.	Northern District of Illinois	George W. Bush	2007	Not voting
Thomas Michael Hardiman	Third Circuit	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Timothy D. DeGiusti	Western District of Oklahoma	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
Andrew J. Guilford	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Brett M. Kavanaugh	District of Columbia Circuit	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Brian Mark Cogan	Eastern District of New York	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Francisco Augusto Besosa	District of Puerto Rico	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Gray Hampton Miller	Southern District of Texas	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Jack Zouhary	Northern District of Ohio	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Jerome A. Holmes	Tenth Circuit	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Kent A. Jordan	Third Circuit	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Kimberly Ann Moore	Federal Circuit	George W. Bush	2006	Not voting
Leo Maury Gordon	U.S. Court of International Trade	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Michael A. Chagares	Third Circuit	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Michael Ryan Barrett	Southern District of Ohio	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Milan Dale Smith Jr.	Ninth Circuit	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Noel Lawrence Hillman	District of New Jersey	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Peter G. Sheridan	District of New Jersey	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Renée Marie Bumb	District of New Jersey	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Samuel A. Alito Jr.	Supreme Court	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Sandra Segal Ikuta	Ninth Circuit	George W. Bush	2006	Not voting
Thomas E. Johnston	Southern District of West Virginia	George W. Bush	2006	Not voting
Thomas M. Golden	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Timothy C. Batten Sr.	Northern District of Georgia	George W. Bush	2006	Not voting
Brian Edward Sandoval	District of Nevada	George W. Bush	2005	Confirm
David William McKeague	Sixth Circuit	George W. Bush	2005	Confirm
Harry Sandlin Mattice Jr.	Eastern District of Tennessee	George W. Bush	2005	Confirm
Janice Rogers Brown	District of Columbia Circuit	George W. Bush	2005	Confirm
John Glover Roberts Jr.	Supreme Court	George W. Bush	2005	Confirm
John Michael Seabright	District of Hawaii	George W. Bush	2005	Confirm
John Richard Smoak Jr.	Northern District of Florida	George W. Bush	2005	Confirm
Paul Austin Crotty	Southern District of New York	George W. Bush	2005	Confirm
Richard Allen Griffin	Sixth Circuit	George W. Bush	2005	Confirm
Susan Bieke Neilson	Sixth Circuit	George W. Bush	2005	Confirm
Thomas Beall Griffith	District of Columbia Circuit	George W. Bush	2005	Confirm
William Holcombe Pryor Jr.	Eleventh Circuit	George W. Bush	2005	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).