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

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 Washington
John Jay¹		Sep 24, 1789	V	C	Sep 26, 1789
John Rutledge		Sep 24, 1789	V	C	Sep 26, 1789
William Cushing		Sep 24, 1789	V	C	Sep 26, 1789
Robert Harrison		Sep 24, 1789		D	Sep 26, 1789
James Wilson		Sep 24, 1789	V	C	Sep 26, 1789
John Blair		Sep 24, 1789	V	C	Sep 26, 1789
James Iredell	Harrison	Feb 8, 1790	V	C	Feb 10, 1790
Thomas Johnson	Rutledge	Nov 1, 1791	V	C	Nov 7, 1791
William Paterson	Johnson	Feb 27, 1793		W	Feb 28, 1793
William Paterson	Johnson	Mar 4, 1793	V	C	Mar 4, 1793
John Rutledge²	Jay	Dec 10, 1795	10-14	R	Dec 15, 1795
William Cushing³	Jay	Jan 26, 1796		D	Jan 27, 1796
Samuel Chase	Blair	Jan 26, 1796	V	C	Jan 27, 1796
Oliver Ellsworth⁴	Jay	Mar 3, 1796	21-1	C	Mar 4, 1796
President John Adams
Bushrod Washington	Wilson	Dec 19, 1798	V	C	Dec 20, 1798
Alfred Moore	Iredell	Dec 4, 1799	V	C	Dec 10, 1799
John Jay⁵	Ellsworth	Dec 18, 1800		D	Dec 19, 1800
John Marshall⁶	Ellsworth	Jan 20, 1801	V	C	Jan 27, 1801
President Thomas Jefferson
William Johnson	Moore	Mar 22, 1804	V	C	Mar 24, 1804
H. Brockholst Livingston	Paterson	Dec 13, 1806	V	C	Dec 17, 1806
Thomas Todd	(new seat)	Feb 28, 1807	V	C	Mar 2, 1807
President James Madison
Levi Lincoln	Cushing	Jan 2, 1811		D	Jan 3, 1811
Alexander Wolcott	Cushing	Feb 4, 1811	9-24	R	Feb 13, 1811
John Quincy Adams	Cushing	Feb 21, 1811		D	Feb 22, 1811
Joseph Story	Cushing	Nov 15, 1811	V	C	Nov 18, 1811
Gabriel Duvall	Chase	Nov 15, 1811	V	C	Nov 18, 1811
President James Monroe
Smith Thompson	Livingston	Dec 5, 1823	V	C	Dec 9, 1823
President John Quincy Adams
Robert Trimble	Todd	Apr 11, 1826	27-5	C	May 9, 1826
John Crittenden	Trimble	Dec 17, 1828	23-17	P	Feb 12, 1829
President Andrew Jackson
John McLean	Trimble	Mar 6, 1829	V	C	Mar 7, 1829
Henry Baldwin	Washington	Jan 4, 1830	41-2	C	Jan 6, 1830
James Wayne	Johnson	Jan 6, 1835	V	C	Jan 9, 1835
Roger Taney	Duvall	Jan 15, 1835	24-21	P	Mar 3, 1835
Roger Taney⁷	Marshall	Dec 28, 1835	29-15	C	Mar 15, 1836
Philip Barbour	Duvall	Dec 28, 1835	30-11	C	Mar 15, 1836
William Smith	(new seat)	Mar 3, 1837	23-18	D	Mar 8, 1837
John Catron	(new seat)	Mar 3, 1837	28-15	C	Mar 8, 1837
President Martin Van Buren
John McKinley	(new seat)	Sep 18, 1837	V	C	Sep 25, 1837
Peter Daniel	Barbour	Feb 26, 1841	25-5	C	Mar 2, 1841
President John Tyler
John Spencer	Thompson	Jan 9, 1844	21-26	R	Jan 31, 1844
Reuben Walworth	Thompson	Mar 13, 1844	27-20	W	Jun 17, 1844
Edward King	Baldwin	Jun 5, 1844	29-18	P	Jun 15, 1844
John Spencer	Thompson	Jun 17, 1844		W	Jun 17, 1844
Reuben Walworth⁸	Thompson	Jun 17, 1844		N	Jun 17, 1844
Edward King	Baldwin	Dec 4, 1844		W	Feb 7, 1845
Reuben Walworth	Thompson	Dec 4, 1844		W	Feb 4, 1845
Samuel Nelson	Thompson	Feb 4, 1845	V	C	Feb 14, 1845
John Read	Baldwin	Feb 7, 1845		N
President James Polk
George Woodward	Baldwin	Dec 23, 1845	20-29	R	Jan 22, 1846
Levi Woodbury	Story	Dec 23, 1845	V	C	Jan 31, 1846
Robert Grier	Baldwin	Aug 3, 1846	V	C	Aug 4, 1846
President Millard Fillmore
Benjamin Curtis	Woodbury	Dec 11, 1851	V	C	Dec 20, 1851
Edward Bradford	McKinley	Aug 16, 1852		N
Geoge Badger	McKinley	Jan 3, 1853		W	Feb 14, 1853
William Micou	McKinley	Feb 14, 1853		N
President Franklin Pierce
John Campbell	McKinley	Mar 21, 1853	V	C	Mar 22, 1853
President James Buchanan
Nathan Clifford	Curtis	Dec 9, 1857	26-23	C	Jan 12, 1858
Jeremiah Black	Daniel	Feb 5, 1861	25-26	R	Feb 21, 1861
President Abraham Lincoln
Noah Swayne	McLean	Jan 21, 1862	38-1	C	Jan 24, 1862
Samuel Miller	Daniel	Jul 16, 1862	V	C	Jul 16, 1862
David Davis	Campbell	Dec 1, 1862	V	C	Dec 8, 1862
Stephen Field	(new seat)	Mar 6, 1863	V	C	Mar 10, 1863
Salmon Chase⁹	Taney	Dec 6, 1864	V	C	Dec 6, 1864
President Andrew Johnson
Henry Stanbery	Catron	Apr 16, 1866		N
President Ulysses Grant
Ebenezer Hoar	(new seat)	Dec 14, 1869	24-33	R	Feb 3, 1870
Edwin Stanton¹⁰	Grier	Dec 20, 1869	46-11	C	Dec 20, 1869
William Strong	Grier	Feb 7, 1870		C	Feb 18, 1870
Joseph Bradley	(new seat)	Feb 7, 1870	46-9	C	Mar 21, 1870
Ward Hunt	Nelson	Dec 3, 1872	V	C	Dec 11, 1872
George Williams¹¹	Chase	Dec 1, 1873		W	Jan 8, 1874
Caleb Cushing¹²	Chase	Jan 9, 1874		W	Jan 13, 1874
Morrison Waite¹³	Chase	Jan 19, 1874	63-0	C	Jan 21, 1874
President Rutherford Hayes
John Harlan	Davis	Oct 16, 1877	V	C	Nov 29, 1877
William Woods	Strong	Dec 15, 1880	39-8	C	Dec 21, 1880
Stanley Matthews	Swayne	Jan 26, 1881		N
President James Garfield
Stanley Matthews	Swayne	Mar 14, 1881	24-23	C	May 12, 1881
President Chester Arthur
Horace Gray	Clifford	Dec 19, 1881	51-5	C	Dec 20, 1881
Roscoe Conkling	Hunt	Feb 24, 1882	39-12	D	Mar 2, 1882
Samuel Blatchford	Hunt	Mar 13, 1882	V	C	Mar 22, 1882
President Grover Cleveland
Lucius Lamar	Woods	Dec 6, 1887	32-28	C	Jan 16, 1888
Melville Fuller¹⁴	Waite	Apr 30, 1888	41-20	C	Jul 20, 1888
President Benjamin Harrison
David Brewer	Matthews	Dec 4, 1889	53-11	C	Dec 18, 1889
Henry Brown	Miller	Dec 23, 1890	V	C	Dec 29, 1890
George Shiras, Jr.	Bradley	Jul 19, 1892	V	C	Jul 26, 1892
Howell Jackson	Lamar	Feb 2, 1893	V	C	Feb 18, 1893
President Grover Cleveland
William Hornblower	Blatchford	Sep 19, 1893		N
William Hornblower	Blatchford	Dec 5, 1893	24-30	R	Jan 15, 1894
Wheeler Peckham	Blatchford	Jan 22, 1894	32-41	R	Feb 16, 1894
Edward White	Blatchford	Feb 19, 1894	V	C	Feb 19, 1894
Rufus Peckham	Jackson	Dec 3, 1895	V	C	Dec 9, 1895
President William McKinley
Joseph McKenna	Field	Dec 16, 1897	V	C	Jan 21, 1898
President Theodore Roosevelt
Oliver Holmes	Gray	Dec 2, 1902	V	C	Dec 4, 1902
William Day	Shiras	Feb 19, 1903	V	C	Feb 23, 1903
William Moody	Brown	Dec 3, 1906	V	C	Dec 12, 1906