List of people nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States in the last year of a presidency
Nominees

List of people nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States in the last year of a presidency

Section Title: Nominees
Table Section Text: None

President	Nomination

President	Last day of last term	Party	Nominee	Senate Control	Submitted to Senate	Result	Date of Result	Notes

J. Adams	Mar. 4, 1801	Fed	John Jay	Fed	Dec. 18, 1800	declined	Dec. 19, 1800	PE

John Marshall	Jan. 20, 1801	confirmed	Jan. 27, 1801	PE

J. Q. Adams	Mar. 4, 1829	D-R	John J. Crittenden	D-R	Dec. 17, 1828	postponed	Feb. 12, 1829	PE

Jackson	Mar. 4, 1837	Dem	William Smith	Dem	Mar. 3, 1837	declined	Mar. 8, 1837	PE

John Catron	Mar. 3, 1837	confirmed	Mar. 8, 1837	PE

Van Buren	Mar. 4, 1841	Dem	Peter Vivian Daniel	Dem	Feb. 26, 1841	confirmed	Mar. 2, 1841

Tyler	Mar. 4, 1845	None	Reuben Walworth	Whig	Mar. 13, 1844	withdrawn	June 17, 1844	S

Edward King	June 5, 1844	postponed	June 15, 1844	S

John C. Spencer	June 17, 1844	withdrawn	June 17, 1844	S

Reuben Walworth	June 17, 1844	no action	June 17, 1844	S

Edward King	Dec. 4, 1844	withdrawn	Feb. 7, 1845	S;PE

Reuben Walworth	Dec. 4, 1844	withdrawn	Feb. 4, 1845	S;PE

Samuel Nelson	Feb. 4, 1845	confirmed	Feb. 14, 1845	S;PE

John M. Read	Feb. 4, 1845	no action	S

Fillmore	Mar. 4, 1853	Whig	Edward A. Bradford	Dem	Aug. 16, 1852	no action	S

George E. Badger	Jan. 3, 1853	withdrawn	Feb. 14, 1853	S;PE

William C. Micou	Feb. 14, 1853	no action	S;PE

Buchanan	Mar. 4, 1861	Dem	Jeremiah S. Black	Dem	Feb. 5, 1861	declined	Feb. 21, 1861	PE

Hayes	Mar. 4, 1881	Rep	William Burnham Woods	Dem	Dec. 15, 1880	confirmed	Dec. 21, 1880	PE

Stanley Matthews	Jan. 26, 1881	no action	PE

Cleveland	Mar. 4, 1889	Dem	Melville Fuller	Rep	Apr. 30, 1888	confirmed	July 20, 1888

B. Harrison	Mar. 4, 1893	Rep	George Shiras Jr.	Rep	July 19, 1892	confirmed	July 26, 1892

Hoover	Mar. 4, 1933	Rep	Benjamin N. Cardozo	Rep	Feb. 15, 1932	confirmed	Feb. 24, 1932

L. Johnson	Jan. 20, 1969	Dem	Abe Fortas	Dem	June 26, 1968	withdrawn	Oct. 2, 1968	NV

Homer Thornberry	June 26, 1968	withdrawn	Oct. 2, 1968	NV

Obama	Jan. 20, 2017	Dem	Merrick Garland	Rep	Mar. 16, 2016	no action	Jan. 3, 2017

Sentence(s)

Merrick Garland was nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States in the last year during Obama's presidency.

final_sentence: Merrick Garland was nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States in the last year during Obama's presidency.