Statistics for Unconfirmed US Supreme Court Nominees

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Nominated By	Year	Result	Answer	% Correct
Ronald Reagan	1987	Rejected by Senate	Robert Bork	87%
Barack Obama	2016	Senate Inaction	Merrick Garland	73%
George W Bush	2005	Withdrawn	Harriet Miers	47%
Andrew Jackson	1837	Candidate Declined	William Smith	40%
Ulysses S Grant	1873	Senate Judicial Committee failure, withdrawn	George Henry Williams	13%
James Madison	1811	Candidate Declined	John Quincy Adams	13%
James Madison	1811	Candidate Declined	Levi Lincoln, Sr.	13%
George Washington	1789	Candidate Declined	Robert H Harrison	13%
Grover Cleveland	1894	Rejected by Senate	Wheeler Hazard Peckham	13%
Grover Cleveland	1893	Rejected by Senate	William B Hornblower	13%
James Madison	1811	Rejected by Senate	Alexander Wolcott	7%
Ulysses S Grant	1874	Withdrawn	Caleb Cushing	7%
Richard Nixon	1969	Rejected by Senate	Clement Haynsworth	7%
Ulysses S Grant	1869	Rejected by Senate	Ebenezer R Hoar	7%
Millard Fillmore	1852	Senate Inaction	Edward A Bradford	7%
John Tyler	1845	Senate Postponed, Withdrawn	Edward King	7%
Ulysses S Grant	1869	Died before Confirmation	Edwin Stanton	7%
Millard Fillmore	1853	Senate Inaction	George E Badger	7%
Chester Arthur	1882	Candidate Declined	George F Edmunds	7%
James Polk	1845	Rejected by Senate	George W Woodward	7%
Richard Nixon	1970	Rejected by Senate	G Harrold Carswell	7%
Andrew Johnson	1866	Nullified due to reduction of seats	Henry Stanbery	7%
Lyndon Johnson	1968	Nullified due to vacancy not appearing	Homer Thornberry	7%
James Polk	1844	Candidate Declined	James Buchanan	7%
James Buchanan	1861	Rejected by Senate	Jeremiah S Black	7%
John Tyler	1844	Rejected by Senate	John C Spencer	7%
John Quincy Adams	1828	Senate Postponed	John J Crittenden	7%
Herbert Hoover	1930	Rejected by Senate	John J Parker	7%
John Tyler	1845	Senate Inaction	John M Read	7%
John Tyler	1844	Senate Postponed, Withdrawn	Reuben H Walworth	7%
Chester Arthur	1882	Candidate Declined	Roscoe Conkling	7%
Millard Fillmore	1853	Senate Inaction	William C Micou	7%