August 6, 2010
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Elena Kagan on a 63-37 vote to become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, with a handful of Republicans joining almost all Democrats in making her the fourth woman to serve on the high court.
When the court's new term starts in October, Ms. Kagan, 50 years old, will join Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor as the first trio of women in the court's history.
Fifty-eight Democrats and independents, as well as five Republicans, voted for Ms. Kagan. Thirty-six Republicans and one Democrat, Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, voted against her.
The five Republicans who supported Ms. Kagan were Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Richard Lugar of Indiana and Judd Gregg of New Hampshire.
With the Senate vote, President Barack Obama continues to put his stamp on the top court, following last year's confirmation of Justice Sotomayor, another relatively youthful woman who could serve for decades.
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