Senate vote: Nomination // July 18, 2005

Confirmation Lester M. Crawford, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs

Name: Confirmation Lester M. Crawford, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Creator: Spoken For

78 votes, representing 150,301,007 peopleof U.S. adults

16 votes, representing 55,414,383 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.2% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	78	70.0%
Nay	Lost	16	25.8%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	4.2%

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them