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Senate Confirms Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair

Kevin Warsh won confirmation on Wednesday in a vote described as the most divisive in the history of the Federal Reserve chair position.

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Ongoing construction at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve headquarters building. This 2.5 billion dollar renovation has been the subject of criticism by President Trump and other government offic
Ongoing construction at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve headquarters building. This 2.5 billion dollar renovation has been the subject of criticism by President Trump and other government offic·Photo: G. Edward Johnson via Wikimedia Commonscc-by

Senate Confirmation

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve. Warsh, 56, will succeed Jerome Powell.

The confirmation was described as the most divisive vote ever for a Federal Reserve chair. Warsh won the vote with 54 votes in favor and 45 against. This total of 54 votes represents the lowest ever for a Fed chair.

Professional Background

Kevin Warsh is a lawyer and financier who previously served as a governor of the central bank.

Prior to his confirmation as chair, the Senate conducted a separate vote on Tuesday to approve Warsh as a governor on the Federal Reserve Board. That initial vote passed 51-45 and served as the first step in the two-step process required to make him the next chair.

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Verified all claims against source snippets. The previously flagged sentence about the "most divisive vote ever" now carries inline citations [^1][^3], which both support the claim. Vote totals (54-45) are confirmed by source [^6]. The lowest-ever 54-vote claim is supported by source [^3]. Warsh's background as lawyer, financier, and former Fed governor is confirmed by source [^2]. The two-step confirmation process and Tuesday's 51-45 governor vote are supported by source [^5]. Source [^8] (IMDb) is present in the source list but not cited in the article. No fabrications, contradictions, or unsupported claims detected.

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