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What two Presidents nominated the greatest number of justices to the US Supreme Court?
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Presidents George Washington (14) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (8) appointed the most justices by far. Washington populated the first Supreme Court, and Roosevelt served almost four full terms in office. These unique circumstances gave them an advantage over other Presidents.
Washington's Appointments, order of Confirmation
- John Jay......................September 26, 1789........(Chief Justice)
- John Rutledge..............September 26, 1789........(Associate Justice)
- William Cushing............September 26, 1789........(Associate Justice)
- Robert Harrison............September 26, 1789........(Associate Justice, Declined appointment)
- James Wilson...............September 26, 1789........(Associate Justice)
- John Blair.....................September 26, 1789........(Associate Justice)
- James Iredell................February 10, 1790..........(Associate Justice, replaced Harrison)
- Thomas Johnson...........November 7, 1791..........(Replaced Rutledge)
- William Paterson...........February 28, 1793...........(Withdrawn, no explanation given)
- William Paterson...........March 4, 1793................(Re-nominated, confirmed again, replaced Johnson)
- John Rutledge..............July 1, 1795...................(Recess, Replaced Jay, Rejected by Senate on 12/15/95)
- Samuel Chase..............January 27, 1796............(Replaced Blair)
- William Cushing...........January 27, 1796............(Confirmed as Chief Justice to replace Jay, Declined position)
- Oliver Ellsworth............March 4, 1796.................(Chief Justice, Replaced Jay)
Roosevelt's Appointments, order of Confirmation
- Hugo Black............................1937-1971..........(Replaced Willis Van Devanter)
- Stanley Foreman Reed.............1938-1957.........(Replaced George Sutherland)
- Felix Frankfurter......................1939-1962.........(Replaced Benjamin Cardozo)
- William O. Douglas..................1939-1975.........(Replaced Louis Brandeis)
- Frank Murphy.........................1940-1949..........(Replaced Pierce Butler)
- James Francis Byrnes..............1941-1942..........(Replaced James Clarke McReynolds)
- Robert Houghtwood Jackson.....1941-1954.........(Replaced Harlan F. Stone)
- Wiley Rutledge........................1943-1949.........(Replaced James Francis Byrnes)
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