119th Congress · PN11-7 · Department of Defense
Peter Hegseth
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 51–50 (roll call vote 15) · January 24, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- Hearingnot on record
- Committee voteJanuary 20, 2025
- On the Senate calendarJanuary 20, 2025
- Senate voteJanuary 21, 2025
- ConfirmedJanuary 24, 2025
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Description on the record: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense.
Source: Congress.gov PN11-7, record updated January 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN11-7 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/11-7?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 50. Record Vote Number: 15.” (January 24, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- January 25, 2025
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- Raw copy kept
- nominations-119-2026-10-16-06a5bfe9.jsonl.gz
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Senate votes
Roll calls recorded on this nomination. Both parties are shown the same way, and nothing here is a score.
Confirmation vote · January 21, 2025
Yea 53Nay 45Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 52 | 0 | 1 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (53)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 10, January 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Motion to Proceed PN11-7
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 10, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_10- Why this vote is linked here
- The Senate vote record names this nomination number, or Congress.gov lists this roll call number in the nomination’s action line.
Cloture vote (a vote to end debate) · January 23, 2025
Yea 51Nay 49Not voting 0
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 2 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (49)
Source: Senate roll call vote 14, January 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN11-7
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 14, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_14- Why this vote is linked here
- The Senate vote record names this nomination number, or Congress.gov lists this roll call number in the nomination’s action line.
Confirmation vote · January 24, 2025
Yea 50Nay 50Not voting 0
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 50 | 3 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (50)
Nay (50)
Source: Senate roll call vote 15, January 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN11-7
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 15, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_15- Why this vote is linked here
- The Senate vote record names this nomination number, or Congress.gov lists this roll call number in the nomination’s action line.
Committee steps
- Markup By January 20, 2025: Armed Services Committee
- Referred To January 20, 2025: Armed Services Committee
- Reported By January 20, 2025: Armed Services Committee
Every recorded action
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 3. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Wicker, Committee on Armed Services, without printed report.
- Committee on Armed Services. Ordered to be reported favorably.
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- Cloture motion presented in Senate.
- Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 10.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate 1/24/2025.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 14.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 50. Record Vote Number: 15.
- Considered by Senate.
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