Vice President Pence officially affirmed the election results of President-elect Joe Biden’s win early Thursday, concluding an historic and sobering moment in time marred by pro-Trump rioters who attacked the Capitol in what amounted to an attempted coup.

Inside the Senate chamber at 3:32 a.m., Pence cited the results for Biden’s victory in Vermont, which pushed the Democrat past the 270 electoral votes for Congress to confirm him as the next president nearly 15 hours after the joint session began.

“Are there any objections to counting the certificate of the state of Vermont?” Pence asked. There was only silence.

The moment, which was delayed by Republicans objecting to the Pennsylvania electoral vote, was met with a rousing ovation from Democrats exhausted at the end of a marathon, dangerous process that dragged on from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning and shook the nation.

“The announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the Senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration as persons elected president and vice president of the United States,” Pence said.

In rebuffing President Trump’s demands to intervene in the count, the vice president followed through on what he said he was going to do on Wednesday. He had told lawmakers in a 2½-page letter sent earlier in the day that he would indeed fulfill his constitutional duties despite the president’s wishes.

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) told the Tulsa World that Trump’s disdain for the vice president not supporting him in overturning an election they lost was apparent in a conversation he had with Pence.

“I’ve known Mike Pence forever,” Inhofe said to the World. “I’ve never seen Pence as angry as he was today."

Biden and Harris will be inaugurated Jan. 20 at noon.