The Senate voted 53-47 on Thursday to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, with three Republicans voting with all Democrats.
Jackson, a 51 year-old federal appeals court judge, will be the first black woman on the high court and the third black justice.
Her confirmation vote was not nearly as bipartisan as that of the justice she'd been chosen to replace, Stephen Breyer, and others. But still, President Biden can tout a bipartisan win thanks to yes votes from GOP Sens.
Mitt Romney, Utah, Susan Collins, Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, Alaska.
Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the Senate and banged the gavel to declare the final vote count and seal Jackson's confirmation, as Democrats throughout the Senate chamber broke out in raucous applause.
President Biden watched the vote tally come in with Jackson in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
Photos showed them holding hands and excitedly hugging as enough votes came in to confirm Jackson's nomination.
Breyer, 83, had come under intense pressure from progressives to retire while Democrats still hold the White House, House and Senate and let someone younger step in.
Jackson joins two other Democrat-appointed justices, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, on the 6-3 conservative-dominated court.
She will be sworn in during the summer recess, when Breyer officially steps down.
President Biden watched the vote tally come in with Jackson in the Roosevelt Room of the White House
Biden had promised to put a black woman on the Supreme Court.
Jackson will now be the first black woman to sit on the high court
After 99 senators had voted, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., held up the vote when he was nowhere to be found on the Senate floor.
After about 30 minutes he finally showed up to cast his 'no' vote. Paul, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and slot online Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., had to cast their 'no' vote from the cloakroom because they did not wear a tie. Senate dress code requirements require a jacket and tie for men.
Seated in the front row of the VIP gallery was Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.
Members of the White House 'sherpa' team were also in the gallery, along with Democratic commentator Donna Brazille and at least 17 members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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