From the US Senate:
The Constitution requires the president to submit nominations to the Senate for its advice and consent. Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, presidents have submitted 163 nominations for the Court, including those for chief justice. Of this total, 125 were confirmed (7 declined to serve). This chart lists nominations officially submitted to the Senate.
This portion of the table includes Senate action from the past century.
Neil M. Gorsuch | Scalia | Feb 1, 2017 | 54-45 No. 111 | C | Apr 7, 2017 | |||||
President Barack Obama | ||||||||||
Merrick B. Garland | Scalia | Mar 16, 2016 | N | |||||||
Elena Kagan | Stevens | May 10, 2010 | 63-37 No. 229 | C | Aug 5, 2010 | |||||
Sonia Sotomayor | Souter | Jun 1, 2009 | 68-31 No. 262 | C | Aug 6, 2009 | |||||
President George W. Bush | ||||||||||
Samuel A. Alito, Jr. | O'Connor | Nov 10, 2005 | 58-42 No. 2 | C | Jan 31, 2006 | |||||
Harriet Miers | O'Connor | Oct 7, 2005 | W | Oct 28, 2005 | ||||||
John G. Roberts, Jr.1 | Rehnquist | Sep 6, 2005 | 78-22 No. 245 | C | Sep 29, 2005 | |||||
John G. Roberts, Jr. | O'Connor | Jul 29, 2005 | W | Sep 6, 2005 | ||||||
President Bill Clinton | ||||||||||
Stephen G. Breyer | Blackmun | May 17, 1994 | 87-9 No. 242 | C | Jul 29, 1994 | |||||
Ruth Bader Ginsburg | White | Jun 22, 1993 | 96-3 No. 232 | C | Aug 3, 1993 | |||||
President George H.W. Bush | ||||||||||
Clarence Thomas | Marshall | Jul 8, 1991 | 52-48 No. 220 | C | Oct 15, 1991 | |||||
David H. Souter | Brennan | Jul 25, 1990 | 90-9 No. 259 | C | Oct 2, 1990 | |||||
President Ronald Reagan | ||||||||||
Anthony M. Kennedy | Powell | Nov 30, 1987 | 97-0 No. 16 | C | Feb 3, 1988 | |||||
Robert H. Bork | Powell | Jul 7, 1987 | 42-58 No. 348 | R | Oct 23, 1987 | |||||
Antonin Scalia | Rehnquist | Jun 24, 1986 | 98-0 No. 267 | C | Sep 17, 1986 | |||||
William H. Rehnquist2 | Burger | Jun 20, 1986 | 65-33 No. 266 | C | Sep 17, 1986 | |||||
Sandra Day O'Connor | Stewart | Aug 19, 1981 | 99-0 No. 274 | C | Sep 21, 1981 | |||||
President Gerald Ford | ||||||||||
John Paul Stevens | Douglas | Nov 28, 1975 | 98-0 No. 603 | C | Dec 17, 1975 | |||||
President Richard Nixon | ||||||||||
William H. Rehnquist | Harlan | Oct 22, 1971 | 68-26 No. 450 | C | Dec 10, 1971 | |||||
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. | Black | Oct 22, 1971 | 89-1 No. 439 | C | Dec 6, 1971 | |||||
Harry Blackmun | Fortas | Apr 15, 1970 | 94-0 No. 143 | C | May 12, 1970 | |||||
G. Harrold Carswell | Fortas | Jan 19, 1970 | 45-51 No. 122 | R | Apr 8, 1970 | |||||
Clement Haynsworth, Jr. | Fortas | Aug 21, 1969 | 45-55 No. 154 | R | Nov 21, 1969 | |||||
Warren Burger3 | Warren | May 23, 1969 | 74-3 No. 35 | C | Jun 9, 1969 | |||||
President Lyndon Johnson | ||||||||||
Homer Thornberry | Fortas | Jun 26, 1968 | W | Oct 4, 1968 | ||||||
Abe Fortas4 | Warren | Jun 26, 1968 | W | Oct 4, 1968 | ||||||
Thurgood Marshall | Clark | Jun 13, 1967 | 69-11 No. 240 | C | Aug 30, 1967 | |||||
Abe Fortas | Goldberg | Jul 28, 1965 | V | C | Aug 11, 1965 | |||||
President John Kennedy | ||||||||||
Arthur Goldberg | Frankfurter | Aug 31, 1962 | V | C | Sep 25, 1962 | |||||
Byron White | Whittaker | Apr 3, 1962 | V | C | Apr 11, 1962 | |||||
President Dwight Eisenhower | ||||||||||
Potter Stewart | Burton | Jan 17, 1959 | 70-17 | C | May 5, 1959 | |||||
Charles Whittaker | Reed | Mar 2, 1957 | V | C | Mar 19, 1957 | |||||
William Brennan, Jr. | Minton | Jan 14, 1957 | V | C | Mar 19, 1957 | |||||
John Harlan | Jackson | Jan 10, 1955 | 71-11 | C | Mar 16, 1955 | |||||
John Harlan | Jackson | Nov 9, 1954 | N | |||||||
Earl Warren5 | Vinson | Jan 11, 1954 | V | C | Mar 1, 1954 | |||||
President Harry Truman | ||||||||||
Sherman Minton | Rutledge | Sep 15, 1949 | 48-16 | C | Oct 4, 1949 | |||||
Tom Clark | Murphy | Aug 2, 1949 | 73-8 | C | Aug 18, 1949 | |||||
Fred Vinson6 | Stone | Jun 6, 1946 | V | C | Jun 20, 1946 | |||||
Harold Burton | Roberts | Sep 18, 1945 | V | C | Sep 19, 1945 | |||||
President Franklin Roosevelt | ||||||||||
Wiley Rutledge | Byrnes | Jan 11, 1943 | V | C | Feb 8, 1943 | |||||
Robert Jackson | Stone | Jun 12, 1941 | V | C | Jul 7, 1941 | |||||
James Byrnes | McReynolds | Jun 12, 1941 | V | C | Jun 12, 1941 | |||||
Harlan Stone7 | Hughes | Jun 12, 1941 | V | C | Jun 27, 1941 | |||||
Frank Murphy | Butler | Jan 4, 1940 | V | C | Jan 16, 1940 | |||||
William Douglas | Brandeis | Mar 20, 1939 | 62-4 | C | Apr 4, 1939 | |||||
Felix Frankfurter | Cardozo | Jan 5, 1939 | V | C | Jan 17, 1939 | |||||
Stanley Reed | Sutherland | Jan 15, 1938 | V | C | Jan 25, 1938 | |||||
Hugo Black | Van Devanter | Aug 12, 1937 | 63-16 | C | Aug 17, 1937 | |||||
President Herbert Hoover | ||||||||||
Benjamin Cardozo | Holmes | Feb 15, 1932 | V | C | Feb 24, 1932 | |||||
Owen Roberts | Sanford | May 9, 1930 | V | C | May 20, 1930 | |||||
John Parker | Sanford | Mar 21, 1930 | 39-41 | R | May 7, 1930 | |||||
Charles Hughes8 | Taft | Feb 3, 1930 | 52-26 | C | Feb 13, 1930 | |||||
President Calvin Coolidge | ||||||||||
Harlan Stone | McKenna | Jan 5, 1925 | 71-6 | C | Feb 5, 1925 | |||||
President Warren Harding | ||||||||||
Edward Sanford | Pitney | Jan 24, 1923 | V | C | Jan 29, 1923 | |||||
Pierce Butler | Day | Dec 5, 1922 | 61-8 | C | Dec 21, 1922 | |||||
Pierce Butler | Day | Nov 21, 1922 | N | |||||||
George Sutherland | Clarke | Sep 5, 1922 | V | C | Sep 5, 1922 | |||||
William Taft9 | White | Jun 30, 1921 | 60-4 | C | Jun 30, 1921 | |||||
President Woodrow Wilson | ||||||||||
John Clarke | Hughes | Jul 14, 1916 | V | C | Jul 24, 1916 | |||||
Louis Brandeis | Lamar | Jan 28, 1916 | 47-22 | C | Jun 1, 1916 | |||||
James McReynolds | Lurton | Aug 19, 1914 | 44-6 | C | Aug 29, 1914 |
Neil M. Gorsuch | Scalia | Feb 1, 2017 | 54-45 No. 111 | C | Apr 7, 2017 | |||||
President Barack Obama | ||||||||||
Merrick B. Garland | Scalia | Mar 16, 2016 | N | |||||||
Elena Kagan | Stevens | May 10, 2010 | 63-37 No. 229 | C | Aug 5, 2010 | |||||
Sonia Sotomayor | Souter | Jun 1, 2009 | 68-31 No. 262 | C | Aug 6, 2009 | |||||
President George W. Bush | ||||||||||
Samuel A. Alito, Jr. | O'Connor | Nov 10, 2005 | 58-42 No. 2 | C | Jan 31, 2006 | |||||
Harriet Miers | O'Connor | Oct 7, 2005 | W | Oct 28, 2005 | ||||||
John G. Roberts, Jr.1 | Rehnquist | Sep 6, 2005 | 78-22 No. 245 | C | Sep 29, 2005 | |||||
John G. Roberts, Jr. | O'Connor | Jul 29, 2005 | W | Sep 6, 2005 | ||||||
President Bill Clinton | ||||||||||
Stephen G. Breyer | Blackmun | May 17, 1994 | 87-9 No. 242 | C | Jul 29, 1994 | |||||
Ruth Bader Ginsburg | White | Jun 22, 1993 | 96-3 No. 232 | C | Aug 3, 1993 | |||||
President George H.W. Bush | ||||||||||
Clarence Thomas | Marshall | Jul 8, 1991 | 52-48 No. 220 | C | Oct 15, 1991 | |||||
David H. Souter | Brennan | Jul 25, 1990 | 90-9 No. 259 | C | Oct 2, 1990 | |||||
President Ronald Reagan | ||||||||||
Anthony M. Kennedy | Powell | Nov 30, 1987 | 97-0 No. 16 | C | Feb 3, 1988 | |||||
Robert H. Bork | Powell | Jul 7, 1987 | 42-58 No. 348 | R | Oct 23, 1987 | |||||
Antonin Scalia | Rehnquist | Jun 24, 1986 | 98-0 No. 267 | C | Sep 17, 1986 | |||||
William H. Rehnquist2 | Burger | Jun 20, 1986 | 65-33 No. 266 | C | Sep 17, 1986 | |||||
Sandra Day O'Connor | Stewart | Aug 19, 1981 | 99-0 No. 274 | C | Sep 21, 1981 | |||||
President Gerald Ford | ||||||||||
John Paul Stevens | Douglas | Nov 28, 1975 | 98-0 No. 603 | C | Dec 17, 1975 | |||||
President Richard Nixon | ||||||||||
William H. Rehnquist | Harlan | Oct 22, 1971 | 68-26 No. 450 | C | Dec 10, 1971 | |||||
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. | Black | Oct 22, 1971 | 89-1 No. 439 | C | Dec 6, 1971 | |||||
Harry Blackmun | Fortas | Apr 15, 1970 | 94-0 No. 143 | C | May 12, 1970 | |||||
G. Harrold Carswell | Fortas | Jan 19, 1970 | 45-51 No. 122 | R | Apr 8, 1970 | |||||
Clement Haynsworth, Jr. | Fortas | Aug 21, 1969 | 45-55 No. 154 | R | Nov 21, 1969 | |||||
Warren Burger3 | Warren | May 23, 1969 | 74-3 No. 35 | C | Jun 9, 1969 | |||||
President Lyndon Johnson | ||||||||||
Homer Thornberry | Fortas | Jun 26, 1968 | W | Oct 4, 1968 | ||||||
Abe Fortas4 | Warren | Jun 26, 1968 | W | Oct 4, 1968 | ||||||
Thurgood Marshall | Clark | Jun 13, 1967 | 69-11 No. 240 | C | Aug 30, 1967 | |||||
Abe Fortas | Goldberg | Jul 28, 1965 | V | C | Aug 11, 1965 | |||||
President John Kennedy | ||||||||||
Arthur Goldberg | Frankfurter | Aug 31, 1962 | V | C | Sep 25, 1962 | |||||
Byron White | Whittaker | Apr 3, 1962 | V | C | Apr 11, 1962 | |||||
President Dwight Eisenhower | ||||||||||
Potter Stewart | Burton | Jan 17, 1959 | 70-17 | C | May 5, 1959 | |||||
Charles Whittaker | Reed | Mar 2, 1957 | V | C | Mar 19, 1957 | |||||
William Brennan, Jr. | Minton | Jan 14, 1957 | V | C | Mar 19, 1957 | |||||
John Harlan | Jackson | Jan 10, 1955 | 71-11 | C | Mar 16, 1955 | |||||
John Harlan | Jackson | Nov 9, 1954 | N | |||||||
Earl Warren5 | Vinson | Jan 11, 1954 | V | C | Mar 1, 1954 | |||||
President Harry Truman | ||||||||||
Sherman Minton | Rutledge | Sep 15, 1949 | 48-16 | C | Oct 4, 1949 | |||||
Tom Clark | Murphy | Aug 2, 1949 | 73-8 | C | Aug 18, 1949 | |||||
Fred Vinson6 | Stone | Jun 6, 1946 | V | C | Jun 20, 1946 | |||||
Harold Burton | Roberts | Sep 18, 1945 | V | C | Sep 19, 1945 | |||||
President Franklin Roosevelt | ||||||||||
Wiley Rutledge | Byrnes | Jan 11, 1943 | V | C | Feb 8, 1943 | |||||
Robert Jackson | Stone | Jun 12, 1941 | V | C | Jul 7, 1941 | |||||
James Byrnes | McReynolds | Jun 12, 1941 | V | C | Jun 12, 1941 | |||||
Harlan Stone7 | Hughes | Jun 12, 1941 | V | C | Jun 27, 1941 | |||||
Frank Murphy | Butler | Jan 4, 1940 | V | C | Jan 16, 1940 | |||||
William Douglas | Brandeis | Mar 20, 1939 | 62-4 | C | Apr 4, 1939 | |||||
Felix Frankfurter | Cardozo | Jan 5, 1939 | V | C | Jan 17, 1939 | |||||
Stanley Reed | Sutherland | Jan 15, 1938 | V | C | Jan 25, 1938 | |||||
Hugo Black | Van Devanter | Aug 12, 1937 | 63-16 | C | Aug 17, 1937 | |||||
President Herbert Hoover | ||||||||||
Benjamin Cardozo | Holmes | Feb 15, 1932 | V | C | Feb 24, 1932 | |||||
Owen Roberts | Sanford | May 9, 1930 | V | C | May 20, 1930 | |||||
John Parker | Sanford | Mar 21, 1930 | 39-41 | R | May 7, 1930 | |||||
Charles Hughes8 | Taft | Feb 3, 1930 | 52-26 | C | Feb 13, 1930 | |||||
President Calvin Coolidge | ||||||||||
Harlan Stone | McKenna | Jan 5, 1925 | 71-6 | C | Feb 5, 1925 | |||||
President Warren Harding | ||||||||||
Edward Sanford | Pitney | Jan 24, 1923 | V | C | Jan 29, 1923 | |||||
Pierce Butler | Day | Dec 5, 1922 | 61-8 | C | Dec 21, 1922 | |||||
Pierce Butler | Day | Nov 21, 1922 | N | |||||||
George Sutherland | Clarke | Sep 5, 1922 | V | C | Sep 5, 1922 | |||||
William Taft9 | White | Jun 30, 1921 | 60-4 | C | Jun 30, 1921 | |||||
President Woodrow Wilson | ||||||||||
John Clarke | Hughes | Jul 14, 1916 | V | C | Jul 24, 1916 | |||||
Louis Brandeis | Lamar | Jan 28, 1916 | 47-22 | C | Jun 1, 1916 | |||||
James McReynolds | Lurton | Aug 19, 1914 | 44-6 | C | Aug 29, 1914 |