Ronald Reagan Judicial Appointment Controversies - List of Failed Nominees

List of Failed Nominees

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    • New York seat - Stuart A. Summit (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee John M. Walker, Jr.)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    • Louisiana seat - David C. Treen (judgeship later filled by Reagan nominee John Malcolm DuhĂ©, Jr.)
    • Louisiana seat - Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.; he was renominated for the seat by Bush)
    • Texas seat - Lino Graglia (judgeship later filled by Reagan nominee Jerry Edwin Smith)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    • Indiana seat - William F. Harvey (judgeship later filled by Reagan nominee Kenneth Ripple)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    • California seat - Bernard Siegan (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee Ferdinand Francis Fernandez)
    • California seat - Ferdinand Francis Fernandez (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee Ferdinand Francis Fernandez; he was renominated for the seat by Bush)
    • California seat - Pamela Ann Rymer (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee Pamela Ann Rymer; she was renominated for the seat by Bush)
    • Idaho seat - Guy G. Hurlbutt (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee Thomas G. Nelson)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    • Seat - Judith Richards Hope (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee Clarence Thomas)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • Seat - Susan Liebeler (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee S. Jay Plager)
    • Seat - Sherman Unger (judgeship later filled by Reagan nominee Jean Galloway Bissell)

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