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What was the vote in the Senate confirming Judge Warren Burger to be the Chief Justice of the United States?
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Chief Justice Warren Burger was confirmed by a Senate vote of 74-3 on June 9, 1969, and was sworn in on June 23. Senators Eugene McCarthy (DFL-MN), Gaylord Nelson (D-WI), and Stephen Young (D-OH) voted Nay. Twenty-two Senators declined to vote.
Chief Justice Burger served on the Court from June 1969 until September 1986, and was succeeded by William Rehnquist.
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