U.S. Senate: Supreme Court Nominations, present-1789

Supreme Court Nominations, present-1789 (1789-present)

The Constitution requires the president to submit nominations to the Senate for its advice and consent. Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, presidents have submitted 158 nominations for the Court, including those for chief justice. Of this total, 122 were confirmed (7 declined to serve). This chart lists nominations officially submitted to the Senate.

Nominee	To Replace	Nominated	Vote	Result & Date
President George W. Bush
Samuel Alito, Jr.	O'Connor	Nov 10, 2005	58-42 No. 2	C	Jan 31, 2006
Harriet Miers	O'Connor	Oct 7, 2005		W	Oct 28, 2005
John Roberts, Jr.¹	Rehnquist	Sep 6, 2005	78-22 No. 245	C	Sep 29, 2005
John Roberts, Jr.	O'Connor	Jul 29, 2005		W	Sep 6, 2005
President Bill Clinton
Stephen Breyer	Blackmun	May 17, 1994	87-9 No. 242	C	Jul 29, 1994
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	White	Jun 14, 1993	96-3 No. 232	C	Aug 3, 1993
President George H.W. Bush
Clarence Thomas	Marshall	Jul 8, 1991	52-48 No. 220	C	Oct 15, 1991
David Souter	Brennan	Jul 25, 1990	90-9 No. 259	C	Oct 2, 1990
President Ronald Reagan
Anthony Kennedy	Powell	Nov 30, 1987	97-0 No. 16	C	Feb 3, 1988
Robert Bork	Powell	Jul 1, 1987	42-58 No. 348	R	Oct 23, 1987
Antonin Scalia	Rehnquist	Jun 24, 1986	98-0 No. 267	C	Sep 17, 1986
William Rehnquist²	Burger	Jun 20, 1986	65-33 No. 266	C	Sep 17, 1986
Sandra Day O'Connor	Stewart	Aug 19, 1981	99-0 No. 274	C	Sep 21, 1981
President Gerald Ford
John Paul Stevens	Douglas	Nov 28, 1975	98-0 No. 603	C	Dec 17, 1975
President Richard Nixon
William Rehnquist	Harlan	Oct 22, 1971	68-26 No. 450	C	Dec 10, 1971
Lewis Powell, Jr.	Black	Oct 22, 1971	89-1 No. 439	C	Dec 6, 1971
Harry Blackmun	Fortas	Apr 15, 1970	94-0 No. 143	C	May 12, 1970
G. Harrold Carswell	Fortas	Jan 19, 1970	45-51 No. 122	R	Apr 8, 1970
Clement Haynsworth, Jr.	Fortas	Aug 21, 1969	45-55 No. 154	R	Nov 21, 1969
Warren Burger³	Warren	May 23, 1969	74-3 No. 35	C	Jun 9, 1969
President Lyndon Johnson
Homer Thornberry	Fortas	Jun 26, 1968		N
Abe Fortas⁴	Warren	Jun 26, 1968		W	Oct 4, 1968
Thurgood Marshall	Clark	Jun 13, 1967	69-11 No. 240	C	Aug 30, 1967
Abe Fortas	Goldberg	Jul 28, 1965	V	C	Aug 11, 1965
President John Kennedy
Arthur Goldberg	Frankfurter	Aug 31, 1962	V	C	Sep 25, 1962
Byron White	Whittaker	Apr 3, 1962	V	C	Apr 11, 1962
President Dwight Eisenhower
Potter Stewart	Burton	Jan 17, 1959	70-17	C	May 5, 1959
Charles Whittaker	Reed	Mar 2, 1957	V	C	Mar 19, 1957
William Brennan, Jr.	Minton	Jan 14, 1957	V	C	Mar 19, 1957
John Harlan	Jackson	Jan 10, 1955	71-11	C	Mar 16, 1955
John Harlan	Jackson	Nov 9, 1954		N
Earl Warren⁵	Vinson	Jan 11, 1954	V	C	Mar 1, 1954
President Harry Truman
Sherman Minton	Rutledge	Sep 15, 1949	48-16	C	Oct 4, 1949
Tom Clark	Murphy	Aug 2, 1949	73-8	C	Aug 18, 1949
Fred Vinson⁶	Stone	Jun 6, 1946	V	C	Jun 20, 1946
Harold Burton	Roberts	Sep 19, 1945	V	C	Sep 19, 1945
President Franklin Roosevelt
Wiley Rutledge	Byrnes	Jan 11, 1943	V	C	Feb 8, 1943
Robert Jackson	Stone	Jun 12, 1941	V	C	Jul 7, 1941
James Byrnes	McReynolds	Jun 12, 1941	V	C	Jun 12, 1941
Harlan Stone⁷	Hughes	Jun 12, 1941	V	C	Jun 27, 1941
Frank Murphy	Butler	Jan 4, 1940	V	C	Jan 16, 1940
William Douglas	Brandeis	Mar 20, 1939	62-4	C	Apr 4, 1939
Felix Frankfurter	Cardozo	Jan 5, 1939	V	C	Jan 17, 1939
Stanley Reed	Sutherland	Jan 15, 1938	V	C	Jan 25, 1938
Hugo Black	Van Devanter	Aug 12, 1937	63-16	C	Aug 17, 1937
President Herbert Hoover
Benjamin Cardozo	Holmes	Feb 15, 1932	V	C	Feb 24, 1932
Owen Roberts	Sanford	May 9, 1930	V	C	May 20, 1930
John Parker	Sanford	Mar 21, 1930	39-41	R	May 7, 1930
Charles Hughes⁸	Taft	Feb 3, 1930	52-26	C	Feb 13, 1930
President Calvin Coolidge
Harlan Stone	McKenna	Jan 5, 1925	71-6	C	Feb 5, 1925
President Warren Harding
Edward Sanford	Pitney	Jan 24, 1923	V	C	Jan 29, 1923
Pierce Butler	Day	Dec 5, 1922	61-8	C	Dec 21, 1922
Pierce Butler	Day	Nov 21, 1922		N
George Sutherland	Clarke	Sep 5, 1922	V	C	Sep 5, 1922
William Taft⁹	White	Jun 30, 1921	V	C	Jun 30, 1921
President Woodrow Wilson
John Clarke	Hughes	Jul 14, 1916	V	C	Jul 24, 1916
Louis Brandeis	Lamar	Jan 28, 1916	47-22	C	Jun 1, 1916
James McReynolds	Lurton	Aug 19, 1914	44-6	C	Aug 29, 1914
President William Taft
Mahlon Pitney	Harlan	Feb 19, 1912	50-26	C	Mar 13, 1912
Joseph Lamar	Moody	Dec 12, 1910	V	C	Dec 15, 1910
Willis Van Devanter	White	Dec 12, 1910	V	C	Dec 15, 1910
Edward White¹⁰	Fuller	Dec 12, 1910	V	C	Dec 12, 1910
Charles Hughes	Brewer	Apr 25, 1910	V	C	May 2, 1910
Horace Lurton	Peckham	Dec 13, 1909	V	C	Dec 20, 1909
President Theodore Roosevelt
William Moody	Brown	Dec 3, 1906	V	C	Dec 12, 1906
William Day	Shiras	Feb 19, 1903	V	C	Feb 23, 1903
Oliver Holmes	Gray	Dec 2, 1902	V	C	Dec 4, 1902
President William McKinley
Joseph McKenna	Field	Dec 16, 1897	V	C	Jan 21, 1898
President Grover Cleveland
Rufus Peckham	Jackson	Dec 3, 1895	V	C	Dec 9, 1895
Edward White	Blatchford	Feb 19, 1894	V	C	Feb 19, 1894
Wheeler Peckham	Blatchford	Jan 22, 1894	32-41	R	Feb 16, 1894
William Hornblower	Blatchford	Dec 5, 1893	24-30	R	Jan 15, 1894
William Hornblower	Blatchford	Sep 19, 1893		N
President Benjamin Harrison
Howell Jackson	Lamar	Feb 2, 1893	V	C	Feb 18, 1893
George Shiras, Jr.	Bradley	Jul 19, 1892	V	C	Jul 26, 1892
Henry Brown	Miller	Dec 23, 1890	V	C	Dec 29, 1890
David Brewer	Matthews	Dec 4, 1889	53-11	C	Dec 18, 1889
President Grover Cleveland
Melville Fuller¹¹	Waite	Apr 30, 1888	41-20	C	Jul 20, 1888
Lucius Lamar	Woods	Dec 6, 1887	32-28	C	Jan 16, 1888
President Chester Arthur
Samuel Blatchford	Hunt	Mar 13, 1882	V	C	Mar 22, 1882
Roscoe Conkling	Hunt	Feb 24, 1882	39-12	D	Mar 2, 1882
Horace Gray	Clifford	Dec 19, 1881	51-5	C	Dec 20, 1881
President James Garfield
Stanley Matthews	Swayne	Mar 14, 1881	24-23	C	May 12, 1881
President Rutherford Hayes
Stanley Matthews	Swayne	Jan 26, 1881		N
William Woods	Strong	Dec 15, 1880	39-8	C	Dec 21, 1880
John Harlan	Davis	Oct 16, 1877	V	C	Nov 29, 1877
President Ulysses Grant
Morrison Waite¹²	Chase	Jan 19, 1874	63-0	C	Jan 21, 1874
Caleb Cushing¹³	Chase	Jan 9, 1874		W	Jan 13, 1874
George Williams¹⁴	Chase	Dec 1, 1873		W	Jan 8, 1874
Ward Hunt	Nelson	Dec 3, 1872	V	C	Dec 11, 1872
Joseph Bradley	(new seat)	Feb 7, 1870	46-9	C	Mar 21, 1870
William Strong	Grier	Feb 7, 1870		C	Feb 18, 1870
Edwin Stanton¹⁵	Grier	Dec 20, 1869	46-11	C	Dec 20, 1869
Ebenezer Hoar	(new seat)	Dec 14, 1869	24-33	R	Feb 3, 1870
President Andrew Johnson
Henry Stanbery	Catron	Apr 16, 1866		N
President Abraham Lincoln
Salmon Chase¹⁶	Taney	Dec 6, 1864	V	C	Dec 6, 1864
Stephen Field	(new seat)	Mar 6, 1863	V	C	Mar 10, 1863
David Davis	Campbell	Dec 1, 1862	V	C	Dec 8, 1862
Samuel Miller	Daniel	Jul 16, 1862	V	C	Jul 16, 1862
Noah Swayne	McLean	Jan 21, 1862	38-1	C	Jan 24, 1862
President James Buchanan
Jeremiah Black	Daniel	Feb 5, 1861	25-26	R	Feb 21, 1861
Nathan Clifford	Curtis	Dec 9, 1857	26-23	C	Jan 12, 1858
President Franklin Pierce
John Campbell	McKinley	Mar 21, 1853	V	C	Mar 22, 1853
President Millard Fillmore
William Micou	McKinley	Feb 14, 1853		N
Geoge Badger	McKinley	Jan 3, 1853		W	Feb 14, 1853
Edward Bradford	McKinley	Aug 16, 1852		N
Benjamin Curtis	Woodbury	Dec 11, 1851	V	C	Dec 20, 1851
President James Polk
Robert Grier	Baldwin	Aug 3, 1846	V	C	Aug 4, 1846
Levi Woodbury	Story	Dec 23, 1845	V	C	Jan 31, 1846
George Woodward	Baldwin	Dec 23, 1845	20-29	R	Jan 22, 1846
President John Tyler
John Read	Baldwin	Feb 7, 1845		N
Samuel Nelson	Thompson	Feb 4, 1845	V	C	Feb 14, 1845
Reuben Walworth	Thompson	Dec 4, 1844		W	Feb 4, 1845
Edward King	Baldwin	Dec 4, 1844		W	Feb 7, 1845
Reuben Walworth¹⁷	Thompson	Jun 17, 1844		N	Jun 17, 1844
John Spencer	Thompson	Jun 17, 1844		W	Jun 17, 1844
Edward King	Baldwin