The table below lists all persons nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court since 1789, in chronological order by date of nomination, along with the actions taken by the president and the Senate on those nominations. Specifically, the table lists the following for each Supreme Court nomination: • name of each nominee; • name of the president who made the nomination, and their
political party affiliation; • name of the justice whose departure created the vacancy (the column sorts so as to show the person-to-person succession of judges since 1789); •
majority party in the Senate at the time of the nomination; • date on which the president formally made the nomination, by signing a nomination message; • outcome, the type and date of final action by the Senate, or of a nomination's withdrawal by the president; • number of days that elapsed from the date a nomination was formally submitted until the date of final Senate action or the nomination's withdrawal. The following final results of the nomination process are tracked: • confirmednominations confirmed by the Senate (including those of persons who subsequently declined to serve, or who died before taking office); • withdrawnnominations withdrawn by the president prior to a confirmation vote; • rejectednominations rejected by the Senate; • lapsednominations that lapsed at the end of a session of Congress without a Senate vote cast on whether to confirm (including nominations that were
postponed or tabled by the Senate that were not given further consideration). Additionally, where the final Senate action on a nomination was a
roll-call vote (as opposed to a
voice vote or
unanimous consent), the totals for and against are noted. In listing all persons ever nominated to the Supreme Court, the table includes the names of those who were not confirmed as well as those who were confirmed but did not assume office. For a list solely of the 115 individuals who assumed office and served on the Court, see
List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Not included in the table are intended nominees, announced presidential selections whose names were withdrawn prior to being formally submitted to the Senate, as such persons were never officially nominated to the Court. ==Nominations==