U.S. Senator / Republican-KS

Judicial confirmation votes cast by Sam Brownback

Senator Sam Brownback cast 261 recorded votes on federal judicial nominations in this dataset, 219 to confirm, 18 against, and 24 not voting.

Votes cast 261 · Confirmed 219 · Against 18 · Not voting 24

Confirmation votes

Judge	Court	Nominated by	Year	Vote
Audrey Goldstein Fleissig	Eastern District of Missouri	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Barbara Milano Keenan	Fourth Circuit	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Benita Yalonda Pearson	Northern District of Ohio	Barack Obama	2010	Not voting
Brian Anthony Jackson	Middle District of Louisiana	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Denny Chin	Second Circuit	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Elena Kagan	Supreme Court	Barack Obama	2010	Against
Ellen Lipton Hollander	District of Maryland	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Gary Feinerman	Northern District of Illinois	Barack Obama	2010	Not voting
Gloria Maria Navarro	District of Nevada	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Jane Branstetter Stranch	Sixth Circuit	Barack Obama	2010	Not voting
Joseph A. Greenaway Jr.	Third Circuit	Barack Obama	2010	Not voting
Lucy Haeran Koh	Northern District of California	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Marc Thomas Treadwell	Middle District of Georgia	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Mark Allan Goldsmith	Eastern District of Michigan	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Nancy Dell Freudenthal	District of Wyoming	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson	First Circuit	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Raymond Joseph Lohier Jr.	Second Circuit	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Rosanna Malouf Peterson	Eastern District of Washington	Barack Obama	2010	Not voting
Sharon Johnson Coleman	Northern District of Illinois	Barack Obama	2010	Not voting
Tanya Walton Pratt	Southern District of Indiana	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Thomas Ignatius Vanaskie	Third Circuit	Barack Obama	2010	Against
William Joseph Martinez	District of Colorado	Barack Obama	2010	Not voting
William Martin Conley	Western District of Wisconsin	Barack Obama	2010	Confirm
Andre Maurice Davis	Fourth Circuit	Barack Obama	2009	Against
Charlene Vanessa Edwards Honeywell	Middle District of Florida	Barack Obama	2009	Confirm
David Frank Hamilton	Seventh Circuit	Barack Obama	2009	Against
Gerard E. Lynch	Second Circuit	Barack Obama	2009	Confirm
Irene Cornelia Berger	Southern District of West Virginia	Barack Obama	2009	Confirm
Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen	Central District of California	Barack Obama	2009	Confirm
Jeffrey Lynn Viken	District of South Dakota	Barack Obama	2009	Confirm
Roberto Antonio Lange	District of South Dakota	Barack Obama	2009	Confirm
Sonia Sotomayor	Supreme Court	Barack Obama	2009	Against
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	Not voting
Frederick J. Kapala	Northern District of Illinois	George W. Bush	2007	Confirm
George H. Wu	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2007	Not voting
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	Not voting
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	Not voting
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	Confirm
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	Not voting
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	Not voting
Kimberly Ann Moore	Federal Circuit	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
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	Confirm
Thomas M. Golden	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
Timothy C. Batten Sr.	Northern District of Georgia	George W. Bush	2006	Confirm
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
Diane S. Sykes	Seventh Circuit	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
F. Dennis Saylor IV	District of Massachusetts	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen	Third Circuit	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Gary L. Sharpe	Northern District of New York	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
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	Confirm
Jane J. Boyle	Northern District of Texas	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Juan Ramon Sánchez	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
Judith C. Herrera	District of New Mexico	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Kenneth M. Karas	Southern District of New York	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Lawrence F. Stengel	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Louis Guirola Jr.	Southern District of Mississippi	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Marcia G. Cooke	Southern District of Florida	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Mark R. Filip	Northern District of Illinois	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Michael H. Schneider Sr.	Eastern District of Texas	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Paul Steven Diamond	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
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	Confirm
Virginia Emerson Hopkins	Northern District of Alabama	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington	Middle District of Florida	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Walter DeKalb Kelley Jr.	Eastern District of Virginia	George W. Bush	2004	Not voting
William S. Duffey Jr.	Northern District of Georgia	George W. Bush	2004	Confirm
Allyson Kay Duncan	Fourth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Carlos T. Bea	Ninth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
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	Confirm
Dana Makoto Sabraw	Southern District of California	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
David G. Campbell	District of Arizona	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Deborah L. Cook	Sixth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Dee D. Drell	Western District of Louisiana	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Earl Leroy Yeakel III	Western District of Texas	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
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	Confirm
Gregory L. Frost	Southern District of Ohio	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Henry Franklin Floyd	District of South Carolina	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
J. Daniel Breen	Western District of Tennessee	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
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	Confirm
Jeffrey S. Sutton	Sixth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
John R. Adams	Northern District of Ohio	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Kim R. Gibson	Western District of Pennsylvania	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Larry Alan Burns	Southern District of California	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Lonny R. Suko	Eastern District of Washington	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Marcia A. Crone	Eastern District of Texas	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Margaret Catharine Rodgers	Northern District of Florida	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Mark R. Kravitz	District of Connecticut	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Michael Chertoff	Third Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Michael W. Mosman	District of Oregon	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
R. David Proctor	Northern District of Alabama	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
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	Confirm
Ronald A. White	Eastern District of Oklahoma	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
S. James Otero	Central District of California	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
S. Maurice Hicks Jr.	Western District of Louisiana	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Samuel Der-Yeghiayan	Northern District of Illinois	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Sandra J. Feuerstein	Eastern District of New York	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Steven M. Colloton	Eighth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Theresa Lazar Springmann	Northern District of Indiana	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Thomas A. Varlan	Eastern District of Tennessee	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
Timothy M. Tymkovich	Tenth Circuit	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
William D. Quarles Jr.	District of Maryland	George W. Bush	2003	Confirm
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	Not voting
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	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	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	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	Not voting
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	Not voting
Roger L. Gregory	Fourth Circuit	William J. Clinton	2001	Not voting
Sam E. Haddon	District of Montana	George W. Bush	2001	Not voting
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	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	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	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	Against
Stefan R. Underhill	District of Connecticut	William J. Clinton	1999	Confirm
W. Allen Pepper Jr.	Northern District of Mississippi	William J. Clinton	1999	Confirm
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	Confirm
Jeremy D. Fogel	Northern District of California	William J. Clinton	1998	Confirm
M. Margaret McKeown	Ninth Circuit	William J. Clinton	1998	Confirm
Margaret M. Morrow	Central District of California	William J. Clinton	1998	Against
Richard L. Young	Southern District of Indiana	William J. Clinton	1998	Confirm
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	Confirm
Henry Harold Kennedy Jr.	District of Columbia	William J. Clinton	1997	Confirm
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

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).