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On Wednesday, the Senate voted 49-49 on Russell Vought's nomination to be the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vice President Mike Pence broke the tie to confirm Vought. It was his ninth tie-breaking vote.
Today's #FridayFact asked: Which vice president had the most tie-breaking votes in the Senate?
You selected from the following choices.
- Hannibal Hamlin, VP for Abraham Lincoln (7 votes)
- John C. Calhoun, VP for John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (31 votes)
- Schuyler Colfax, VP for Ulysses S. Grant (18 votes)
- Charles Fairbanks, VP for Theodore Roosevelt (0 votes)
The correct answer was John C. Calhoun, VP for John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (31 votes).
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See: Tie-breaking votes cast by vice presidents in the Senate
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