Unconfirmed US Supreme Court Nominees

Since 1789, 32 people nominated to sit on the US Supreme Court have, for various reasons, not been confirmed. Name them. Note: Justices who were nominated multiple times but were confirmed on any attempt are omitted from this list

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Nominated By	Year	Result	Answer
George Washington	1789	Candidate Declined	Robert H Harrison
James Madison	1811	Candidate Declined	Levi Lincoln, Sr.
James Madison	1811	Rejected by Senate	Alexander Wolcott
James Madison	1811	Candidate Declined	John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams	1828	Senate Postponed	John J Crittenden
Andrew Jackson	1837	Candidate Declined	William Smith
John Tyler	1844	Rejected by Senate	John C Spencer
John Tyler	1844	Senate Postponed, Withdrawn	Reuben H Walworth
John Tyler	1845	Senate Postponed, Withdrawn	Edward King
John Tyler	1845	Senate Inaction	John M Read
James Polk	1844	Candidate Declined	James Buchanan
James Polk	1845	Rejected by Senate	George W Woodward
Millard Fillmore	1852	Senate Inaction	Edward A Bradford
Millard Fillmore	1853	Senate Inaction	George E Badger
Millard Fillmore	1853	Senate Inaction	William C Micou
James Buchanan	1861	Rejected by Senate	Jeremiah S Black
Andrew Johnson	1866	Nullified due to reduction of seats	Henry Stanbery
Ulysses S Grant	1869	Rejected by Senate	Ebenezer R Hoar
Ulysses S Grant	1869	Died before Confirmation	Edwin Stanton
Ulysses S Grant	1873	Senate Judicial Committee failure, withdrawn	George Henry Williams
Ulysses S Grant	1874	Withdrawn	Caleb Cushing
Chester Arthur	1882	Candidate Declined	Roscoe Conkling
Chester Arthur	1882	Candidate Declined	George F Edmunds
Grover Cleveland	1893	Rejected by Senate	William B Hornblower
Grover Cleveland	1894	Rejected by Senate	Wheeler Hazard Peckham
Herbert Hoover	1930	Rejected by Senate	John J Parker
Lyndon Johnson	1968	Nullified due to vacancy not appearing	Homer Thornberry
Richard Nixon	1969	Rejected by Senate	Clement Haynsworth
Richard Nixon	1970	Rejected by Senate	G Harrold Carswell
Ronald Reagan	1987	Rejected by Senate	Robert Bork
George W Bush	2005	Withdrawn	Harriet Miers
Barack Obama	2016	Senate Inaction	Merrick Garland

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