The Senate voted 52-47 Wednesday night to confirm Jeff Sessions, a longtime U.S. senator and former federal prosecutor, as the nation’s 84th attorney general.
Only one Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, joined Republicans in confirming Sessions, who voted “present.”
Sessions, a Republican representing Alabama in the Senate since 1997, will take over a Justice Department that conservatives see as tainted by political corruption during the Obama administration.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., lauded President Donald Trump’s choice:...