[Durbin]

Has there ever been a SC Justice nominated during an election year? I don’t think there has. The Republicans better not let Obama make history concerning this.

[Kaslin]

At least 14 supreme court justices have been confirmed during an election year.

The list:

1. Oliver Ellsworth, 1796
2. Samuel Chase, 1796
3. William Johnson, 1804
4. Philip Barbour, 1836
5. Roger Taney, 1836
6. Melville Fuller, 1888
7. Lucius Lamar, 1888
8. George Shiras, 1892
9. Mahlon Pitney, 1912
10. John Clarke, 1916
11. Louis Brandeis, 1916
12. Benjamin Cardozo, 1932
13. Frank Murphy, 1940
14. Anthony Kennedy, 1988

    Which means they were nominated prior the election year
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