Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions was confirmed Wednesday as the next U.S. Attorney General. The Senate split mostly along party lines in the vote for Sessions. Only one Democrat - West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin - crossed the aisle to support Sessions. The final vote was 52-47. Sessions will be sworn in shortly by President Donald Trump. The vote came after a contentious 24 hours in which Senate Democrats spoke overnight to protest Sessions' nomination, citing concerns about his civil rights record. The protest resulted in a rebuke against Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren for violating Senate rules that prohibit members from impugning "the motives and conduct" of fellow lawmakers. Sessions was one of President Donald Trump's first cabinet picks, building on a close relationship that started during the campaign. Sessions was the first sitting Senator to endorse Trump and the two appeared together several times during political rallies. Sessions, a Mobile native, is the first Alabamian to be named U.S. Attorney General. As Attorney General, he falls seventh in line in the order of presidential succession, behind the Vice President, Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Defense.