Failed Supreme Court nominations

Polk:

• George W. Woodward, 1845: Rejected by 20 to 29 vote

Fillmore:

• Edward A. Bradford, 1852: Tabled (no record of vote)

• George E. Badger, 1853: Postponed by 26 to 25 vote

• William C. Micou, 1853: Discharged, no record of further action

Buchanan:

• Jeremiah S. Black, 1861: Motions to consider nomination failed, no further action

Andrew Johnson:

• Henry Stanbery, 1866: No record of action after referral

Grant:

• Ebenezer R. Hoar, 1869: Rejected by 24 to 33 vote

• George H. Williams (for chief justice), 1873: Withdrawn

• Caleb Cushing (for chief justice), 1874: Withdrawn

Hayes:

• Stanley Matthews, 1881: Postponed in committee, no further action

Cleveland:

• William B. Hornblower, 1893: No further action after initial nomination

• William B. Hornblower, 1893: Rejected by 24 to 30 vote

• Wheeler H. Peckham, 1894: Rejected by 32 to 41 vote

Harding:

• Pierce Butler, 1922: No further action after being placed on executive calendar

Hoover:

• John J. Parker, 1930: Rejected by 39 to 41 vote

Eisenhower:

• John Marshall Harlan II, 1954: No further action after initial nomination

Lyndon Johnson:

• Abe Fortas, 1968: Withdrawn after cloture motion defeated by 45 to 43 vote

• Homer Thornberry, 1968: Withdrawn

Nixon:

• Clement F. Haynsworth Jr., 1969: Rejected by 45 to 55 vote

• G. Harrold Carswell, 1970: Rejected by 45 to 51 vote

Reagan:

• Robert H. Bork, 1987: Rejected by 42 to 58 vote

• Douglas H. Ginsburg, 1987: Withdrawn

George W. Bush:

* Harriet Miers, 2005: Withdrawn

Source: USA Today

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