During President Bill Clinton's first and second terms of office, he nominated 24 people for 20 federal appellate judgeships but the nominees were not processed by the Republican-controlled

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. Three of the nominees who were not processed ( Christine Arguello, Andre M. Davis and S. Elizabeth Gibson) were nominated after July 1, 2000, the traditional start date of the unofficial Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year. Democrats claim that Senate Republicans of the

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purposely tried to keep open particular judgeships as a political maneuver to allow a future Republican president to fill them. Of the 20 seats in question, four were eventually filled with different Clinton nominees, fourteen were later filled with Republican nominees by President

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and two continued to stay open during Bush's presidency. Senator

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, the Democratic leader of the

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during the

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, and Senator

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, the Democratic leader of the Senate Judiciary Committee under Reid, repeatedly mentioned the controversy over President Clinton's court of appeals nominees during the controversy involving the confirmation of Republican court of appeals nominees during the last two years of Bush's second term. Republicans claimed that Democrats were refusing to confirm certain longstanding Bush nominees in order to allow a future Democratic president in 2009 to fill those judgeships. During his presidency, Clinton also nominated 45 people for 42 federal district judgeships who were never confirmed by the United States Senate and successfully nominated 66 people for appellate judgeships.

List of unsuccessful federal judicial nominations

Clinton made 72 nominations for federal judgeships that were not confirmed by the Senate. Of these, one, Ronnie L. White, was rejected by the Senate, 11 were withdrawn by President Clinton, 10 were withdrawn by President

, while the other 50 expired at an adjournment of the Senate, including 32 that were pending at the close of the

. Eleven of his unsuccessful nominees were subsequently nominated to federal judgeships by other presidents, and all 11 were confirmed.

Failed appellate nominees

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**Robert Raymar (of

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), to

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vacated by H. Lee Sarokin - Judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Maryanne Trump Barry. ** Stephen Orlofsky (of

), to

vacated by

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- Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee

Michael Chertoff Michael Chertoff (born November 28, 1953) is an American attorney who was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security to serve under President George W. Bush. Chertoff also served for one additional day under President Barack Obama. ...

. **

Robert J. Cindrich Robert James Cindrich (born September 22, 1943) is a former United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and a former federal judicial nominee to the United ...

(of

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), to

vacated by Timothy K. Lewis - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee D. Brooks Smith. *

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (in case citations, 4th Cir.) is a United States federal court, federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the United States district court, district cou ...

** Andre M. Davis (of

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), to

vacated by Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. - Davis was nominated on October 6, 2000, during the final months of the Clinton presidency. The Senate took no action on the nomination, which was returned to the President on December 15, 2000. After Clinton's unsuccessful nomination of Davis, President

unsuccessfully nominated Claude Allen and Rod J. Rosenstein to succeed Judge Murnaghan. Davis was renominated to the same seat by President

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in April 2009 and confirmed that year in November. ** James A. Beaty, Jr. (of

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

), to

vacated by James Dickson Phillips, Jr. - Judgeship was eventually filled by Obama nominee Albert Diaz of

. ** James Andrew Wynn (of

), to

vacated by James Dickson Phillips, Jr. - Judgeship never filled by any Bush nominee; Wynn was renominated by President

to the same seat in November 2009 and was confirmed by the Senate in August 2010. ** S. Elizabeth Gibson (of

), to

vacated by Samuel James Ervin III - Gibson was nominated on October 26, 2000, during the final months of the Clinton presidency. The Senate took no action on the nomination, which was returned to the President on December 15, 2000. The judgeship was later filled by Bush nominee Allyson Kay Duncan. ** J. Rich Leonard (of

), to newly created

- Judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Roger Gregory (of

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

) after being renominated by Bush in 2001. *

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is one of the 13 United States courts of appeals. It has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts: ...

** Alston Johnson (of

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

), to

vacated by John Malcolm Duhé, Jr. - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Edith Brown Clement. ** Jorge Rangel (of

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

), to

vacated by William Lockhart Garwood - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Priscilla Owen. ** Enrique Moreno (of

), to

vacated by William Lockhart Garwood - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Priscilla Owen. *

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (in case citations, 6th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: * Eastern District of Kentucky * Western District of K ...

Helene White Helene N. White (born December 2, 1954) is a Senior status, senior United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Previously, she was a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals. ...

(of

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

), to

vacated by Damon Keith - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Richard A. Griffin; White was eventually confirmed to the Sixth Circuit when renominated by Bush in 2008. ** Kathleen McCree Lewis (of

), to

vacated by Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Susan Bieke Neilson. ** Kent Markus (of

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

), to

vacated by David Aldrich Nelson - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Jeffrey S. Sutton. *

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (in case citations, 8th Cir.) is a United States federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts: * Eastern District of Arkansas * Western ...

** Bonnie Campbell (of

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

), to

vacated by George Gardner Fagg - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Michael J. Melloy. *

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts for the following federal judicial districts: * Distric ...

** James Ware (of

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

), to

vacated by J. Clifford Wallace - Judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Kim McLane Wardlaw. ** Barry Goode (of

), to

vacated by

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- Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Carlos Bea. ** James E. Duffy, Jr. (of

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), to

vacated by Cynthia Holcomb Hall (of

) - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Richard Clifton (of

). *

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** James Lyons (of

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), to

vacated by John Carbone Porfilio - Lyons was nominated on September 22, 1999. Both Senators from Colorado, Ben Nighthorse Campbell and Wayne Allard, were members of the Republican Party. Senator Campbell was supportive of the Lyons nomination, but Allard withheld his support and described Lyons as a "political operative" due to his representation of the Clintons during

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. Lyons' nomination was withdrawn on June 6, 2000. Clinton subsequently nominated Christine Arguello, also unsuccessfully. The judgeship was later filled by Bush nominee Timothy M. Tymkovich. ** Christine Arguello (of

), to

vacated by John Carbone Porfilio - Arguello was nominated on July 27, 2000, shortly after Clinton withdrew his earlier nomination of James Lyons. The Senate took no action on the nomination, which was returned to the President on December 15, 2000. The judgeship was later filled by Bush nominee Timothy M. Tymkovich. Arguello was eventually confirmed to a district court seat when nominated by Bush in 2008. *

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (in case citations, 11th Cir.) is a federal appellate court over the following U.S. district courts: * Middle District of Alabama * Northern District of Alabama * Southern District ...

** Charles "Bud" Stack (of

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), to

vacated by Peter T. Fay - Judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee

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. *

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(of the

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), to

vacated by James L. Buckley - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee John G. Roberts, Jr. ** Allen Snyder (of

), to

vacated by Patricia Wald - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Thomas B. Griffith.

Others who were nominated or considered for nomination to federal appellate courts

While not a controversy, one other Clinton appellate court nominee, Barbara Durham, withdrew before being confirmed, but not because of Republican opposition. Rather, Durham, a conservative jurist whom Clinton nominated to the

as part of a deal with then-Washington Sen. Slade Gorton, withdrew because of illness. Clinton instead nominated Republican lawyer Richard Tallman of Seattle to the seat to which he had nominated Durham, and Tallman was confirmed in 2000. While he was never formally nominated to the

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, Peter Edelman was strongly considered by Clinton for a seat on that appeals court in late 1994. After the influential Republican member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Sen.

Orrin Hatch Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senat ...

informed Clinton that he had intended to oppose Edelman's nomination, Clinton dropped plans to nominate Edelman to the D.C. Circuit, choosing

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instead. In its November 1997 issue, the American Spectator reported that President Clinton had intended to nominate

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in 1997 to a vacant seat on the

after Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch took senior status. The American Spectator noted, however, that Sen.

, the then-chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, had "balked" at the idea of Roseborough, who was one of four finalists (the others were Leah Ward Sears, Clarence Cooper and Frank M. Hull) and had "suggested that a more moderate Clinton-appointed U.S. district judge, Frank Hull, would have clear sailing." Indeed, Frank M. Hull was confirmed by the Senate in a 96-0 vote in September 1997.

Failed district court nominees

During his presidency, Clinton nominated 45 people for 42 different federal district judgeships to federal district courts who were never confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Like the appellate court nominations mentioned above, many of these nominees were blocked by Republicans either in the

, which was controlled by Republicans for six of the eight years of Clinton’s presidency, or on the Senate floor, where one nominee, Ronnie L. White, was defeated by senators. Of the 42 federal district judgeship vacancies in question, 17 eventually were filled with different Clinton nominees, 24 were filled by nominees of President

and one never ended up becoming vacant because the district judge holding it never received confirmation to be elevated to an appellate court. Of Clinton's 45 failed district court nominees, four, Legrome D. Davis, David S. Cercone, Dolly M. Gee and Sue E. Myerscough, subsequently were nominated by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama to federal district judgeships and then confirmed by the Senate. The failed Clinton district court nominees: *

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (in case citations, D.P.R.; ) is the United States district court, federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The court is based in San ...

** Anabelle Rodriguez (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Jay A. García-Gregory) *

United States District Court for the Northern District of New York The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (in case citations, N.D.N.Y.) serves one of the 94 judicial districts in the United States and one of four in the state of New York. Appeals from the Northern District of Ne ...

** Clarence J. Sundram (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee David N. Hurd) *

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Philad ...

** Frederica Massiah-Jackson, followed by Robert A. Freedberg (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Petrese B. Tucker) ** Legrome D. Davis (judgeship later filled by Davis himself, when he was renominated by George W. Bush in 2002 and then confirmed by the Senate) ** S. David Fineman (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Cynthia M. Rufe) ** Stephen B. Lieberman (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Timothy J. Savage) *

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, M.D. Pa.) is a district level federal court with jurisdiction over approximately one half of Pennsylvania. The court was created in 1901 by subdividing t ...

** Patrick J. Toole (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee A. Richard Caputo) *

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, W.D. Pa.) is a federal trial court that sits in Pittsburgh, Erie, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is composed of ten judges as authorized by federa ...

** John H. Bingler, Jr., followed by Lynette Norton (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Arthur J. Schwab) ** David S. Cercone (judgeship was to become vacant when Judge

was elevated to the

but Cindrich never was confirmed to that post before Clinton's presidency ended; Cercone later was nominated to a different seat in the Western District by Bush and then confirmed by the Senate) ** Harry Litman (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Joy Flowers Conti) * United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ** J. Rich Leonard (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee James C. Dever III) *

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in case citations, N.D. Tex.) is a United States district court. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in ...

** Cheryl B. Wattley (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Sam A. Lindsay) ** Michael D. Schattman (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Barbara M. Lynn) *

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (in case citations, S.D. Tex.) is the federal district court with jurisdiction over the southeastern part of Texas. The court's headquarters is in Houston, Houston, Texas, and ...

** Ricardo Morado (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Andrew S. Hanen) *

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (in case citations, N.D. Ohio) is the federal trial court for the northern half of Ohio, encompassing most territories north of the city of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. The court has courthou ...

** Steven D. Bell (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee John R. Adams) * United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois ** Sue E. Myerscough (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Michael P. McCuskey) (Myerscough later renominated by President Obama to a different seat on the same court and confirmed in 2011) *

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (in case citations, N.D. Ill.) is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois. It is one of the busiest federal trial courts in the Uni ...

** Jeffrey D. Colman (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Ronald A. Guzman) * United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois ** Wenona Y. Whitfield (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee David R. Herndon) * United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri ** Ronnie L. White (Nomination rejected by the Senate) (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Henry Autrey; White later was nominated and confirmed to a different seat on the Eastern District by Obama) *

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (in case citations, W.D. Mo.) is the federal judicial district encompassing 66 counties in the western half of the State of Missouri. The Court is based in the Charles Evans ...

** Leland M. Shurin (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Gary A. Fenner) *

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** Steven E. Achelpohl (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Laurie Smith Camp) *

United States District Court for the Central District of California The United States District Court for the Central District of California (in case citations, C.D. Cal.; commonly referred to as the CDCA or CACD) is a United States district court, federal trial court that serves over 19 million people in South ...

** R. Samuel Paz (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee George H. King) ** Dolly M. Gee (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee John F. Walter; Gee later was nominated and confirmed to a different seat on the Central District by Obama) ** Fredric D. Woocher (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Percy Anderson) *

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (in case citations, E.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appe ...

** Marian M. Johnston (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Morrison C. England Jr.) * United States District Court for the Southern District of California ** Judith D. McConnell (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Barry Ted Moskowitz) ** Lynne R. Lasry (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Thomas J. Whelan) *

United States District Court for the District of Hawaii The United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (in case citations, D. Haw.) is the principal trial court of the United States Federal Court System in the state of Hawaii. The court's territorial jurisdiction encompasses the st ...

** John S. W. Lim (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee John Michael Seabright) * United States District Court for the District of Idaho ** John R. Tait (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Lynn Winmill) *

United States District Court for the District of Montana The United States District Court for the District of Montana (in case citations, D. Mont.) is the United States District Court whose jurisdiction is the state of Montana (except the part of the state within Yellowstone National Park, which is und ...

** Richard W. Anderson (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Sam E. Haddon) *

United States District Court for the District of Nevada The United States District Court for the District of Nevada (in case citations, D. Nev.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Nevada. The court has locations in Las Vegas and Reno. Cases from the District of Nevada ...

** Linda B. Riegle (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Larry R. Hicks) *

United States District Court for the District of Colorado The United States District Court for the District of Colorado (in case citations, D. Colo. or D. Col.) is a federal court in the Tenth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are a ...

** Patricia A. Coan (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Robert E. Blackburn) * United States District Court for the District of Kansas ** K. Gary Sebelius (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Julie A. Robinson) * United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma ** Frank H. McCarthy (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Claire Eagan) * United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma ** Valerie K. Couch (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Stephen P. Friot) ** Melvin C. Hall (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Joe L. Heaton) *

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (in case citations, N.D. Ala.) is a federal court in the Eleventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are a ...

** John D. Snodgrass (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Charles Lynwood Smith Jr.) ** Kenneth O. Simon (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Karon O. Bowdre) *

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (in case citations, S.D. Fla. or S.D. Fl.) is the federal United States district court with territorial jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida. Appeals ...

** Theodore Klein, followed by Bruce W. Greer (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Donald M. Middlebrooks) *

United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (in case citations, N.D. Ga.) is a United States district court which serves the residents of forty-six counties. These are divided up into four divisions. Appeals from case ...

** Gail S. Tusan (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Beverly B. Martin) *

United States District Court for the District of Columbia The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a United States district court, federal district court in Washington, D.C. Along with the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and ...

** James W. Klein (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee

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) ** Rhonda C. Fields (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Reggie Walton)

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List of unsuccessful federal judicial nominations

Failed appellate nominees

Others who were nominated or considered for nomination to federal appellate courts

Failed district court nominees

See also

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