About Nominations | Historical Highlights

• First Cabinet Confirmation Sep 11, 1789

• Chief Justice Nomination Rejected Dec 15, 1795

• First Supreme Court Nominations Confirmed Sep 26, 1789

• First Cabinet Nominee Rejected Jun 24, 1834

• First Supreme Court Nominee to Appear Before Judiciary Committee Jan 28, 1925

• Senate Rejects Judge John J. Parker for Supreme Court May 7, 1930

• Senators Hull and Swanson Confirmed to Roosevelt's Cabinet Mar 4, 1933

• Democratic President Nominates Republican Senator to Supreme Court Sep 18, 1945

• Senate Rejects Lewis Strauss Nomination Jun 19, 1959

• Filibuster Derails Supreme Court Nomination Oct 1, 1968

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