Rejected or Withdrawn Supreme Court Nominations

Legal Judicial

Note: Roger B. Taney was rejected as a nominee for Associate Justice (1835) but later confirmed as Chief Justice (1836); Abe Fortas was confirmed as Associate Justice (1965) but his nomination for Chief Justice was withdrawn (1968)

Vote Ranking  

1

Harriet Miers

Judge

100% (1 of 1 votes)

2

Abe Fortas

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

100% (1 of 1 votes)

3

Merrick Garland

Judge

50.05% (1527 of 3051 votes)

4

Douglas H. Ginsburg

Judge

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

5

Supreme Court of the United States

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

48.78% (20 of 41 votes)

6

Roger Brooke Taney

U.S. Chief Justice

28.57% (4 of 14 votes)

7

Robert Bork

Judge

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

8

G. Harrold Carswell

Judge

0% (0 of 0 votes)