page_title: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination
section_title: Senate votes
hierarchical_section_title: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination / Senate votes
caption_attribution_description: Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
context_page_description: On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama announced his selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Sotomayor's nomination was submitted to the United States Senate on June 1, 2009, when the 111th Congress reconvened after its Memorial Day recess. Sotomayor was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 6, 2009 by a 68–31 vote and was commissioned by President Obama the same day. She was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts on August 8, 2009.
  When nominated, Sotomayor was a sitting judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, a position to which she had been appointed by Bill Clinton in 1998. Earlier, she served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, appointed by George H. W. Bush in 1992.
caption: Senator Daniel Akaka meeting with Sotomayor.
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