Cindy Hyde-Smith

U.S. Senator — Mississippi

One of six senators who voted to sustain the objection to Arizona's electoral votes and one of seven who voted to sustain the objection to Pennsylvania's, both taken after the Capitol had been cleared. Her office issued a statement the same day saying she could not in good conscience support certification. Appointed to the seat in 2018 and elected that November in a runoff in which the president campaigned for her, after a recorded remark that she would be on the front row of a public hanging if invited; she said it had been a joke and apologized.

Documented conduct

May 28, 2021

Voted to block the independent commission on the attack

Voted against cloture on the bill to establish a National Commission on the January 6 Attack. The motion drew 54 votes to 35, short of the 60 it needed, and the independent commission was never created.

Source: U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote No. 218, 117th Cong., 1st Sess.

Feb 13, 2021

Voted to acquit at the second impeachment trial

Voted not guilty on the article charging incitement of insurrection. The vote was 57 to 43, ten short of the two thirds required to convict.

Source: U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote No. 59, 117th Cong., 1st Sess.

Receipts

01 U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote No. 218, 117th Cong., 1st Sess. (May 28, 2021) Our copy 02 U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote No. 59, 117th Cong., 1st Sess. (Feb. 13, 2021) Our copy 03 U.S. Senate, 117th Cong., 1st Sess., Roll Call Vote No. 2 (Jan. 7, 2021) Our copy 04 Office of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, press release, Jan. 6, 2021 Our copy 05 U.S. Senate, 117th Cong., 1st Sess., Roll Call Vote No. 1 (Jan. 6, 2021) Our copy