Nomination To The U.S. Supreme Court
In 1894, Cleveland, who was then in his non-consecutive second term as President, nominated Peckham to replace Samuel Blatchford on the U.S. Supreme Court. However, this nomination was caught in the middle of a political tug-of-war between Cleveland and U.S. Senator from New York David B. Hill, and Wheeler became the second nominee of Cleveland's that Hill managed to block, by a Senate vote of 32-41 on February 16, 1894; Senator Edward Douglass White was instead confirmed to the Court. By the time another seat on the Court was vacant after the death of Howell E. Jackson in 1895, Hill was weakened politically and Cleveland turned to Wheeler's brother, Rufus, who was confirmed within six days.
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“In ancient times—’twas no great loss—
They hung the thief upon the cross:
But now, alas!—I say’t with grief—
They hang the cross upon the thief.”
—Anonymous. “On a Nomination to the Legion of Honour,” from Aubrey Stewart’s English Epigrams and Epitaphs (1897)
“In ancient times—’twas no great loss—
They hung the thief upon the cross:
But now, alas!—I say’t with grief—
They hang the cross upon the thief.”
—Anonymous. “On a Nomination to the Legion of Honour,” from Aubrey Stewart’s English Epigrams and Epitaphs (1897)
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