Show I I I I I y Rejection of Charles B B. Warrenby Warren Warrenby by the senate to be attorney general general gen gen- eral of ot the United States recalls the fact that his rejection for tor a po posItion position po- po position in the cabinet is the first re rejection reI rejection re- re of a nominee for tor such po position position po- po in almost sixty years the thelast thelast thelast last one being that of ot Henry StanI Stanberry Stanberry Stan- Stan berry of Ohio and strangely enough Stanberry was tho the nomi nomi- neo for attorney general StanI Stanberry Stan- Stan Stanberry berry berr had been attorney general appointed by President Andrew Johnson in 1866 succeeding James Speed of Kentucky and was succeeded succeeded suc suc- by William M M. Evarts of New York after atter he had served two years 1866 1868 Stanberry had been an appointee of President Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coin In December 1864 to Investigate Investigate investigate gate and report upon upon the civil and military administration in the military mili tary division bordering on the west wesl of the Mississippi He was the first firstman firstman firstman man named as counsel for President Andrew Johnson when the latter was impeached He lie had resigned the office of at attorney orney general l previously pre pr- re- re Twenty-five Twenty years before in 1843 Caleb Gushing Cushing of Massachusetts who was nominated by President John Tyler to be secretary of ot the treasury treasur was also rejected by the tho senate Ho was nominated to succeed sue sue- Walter Forward of or Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania who resigned In sending in his name for the position President President Pres 1 den dent Tyler s said ld In In submitting the name of Caleb Cushing Gushing to you to be secretary of I the treasury I did sd ad In the full fullview fullview view of his consummate abilities his unquestioned patriotism and full capacity to discharge with honor to himself and advantage to the country the high and important duties appertaining to that department department department depart depart- ment of the government The re respect respect respect re- re which I have ha for tor the wisdom of the senate has caused me the again since his rejection to reconsider I his merits a and d quai qualifications TI That t review has satisfied me that I could not have a more able adviser In the administration of public affairs of the country countr a a. more faithful officer I feel it it therefore to be my my aut duty to him I nominate Caleb Cushing Gushing to be secretary of ot the treasury in place ploce of ot Walter Waiter Forward Forward Forward For For- ward resigned Cushing Gushing however was not con con- firmed firme Later Cushing was appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed commissioner on the part of the tile United States with China and on December 10 1844 the treaty which he negotiated with China was transmitted to the senate senate sen sen- senate ate and was ratified d. d In la 1874 he was nominated ed by President U U. B M. Grant to be chief justice of the supreme court of the United States bu bu the nom nomination was with with- drawn The first nominee by a president president I for a cabinet er who failed tailed to be confirmed by the senate was I Roger B D. Taney of Maryland to be I secretary of the treasury This was in 1834 almost almot ninety years ago He was was named by President Andrew Andrew An An- drew Jackson Taney was a l Ia Marylander and had been attorney general of ot the United States dad and nd in 1822 was appointed I secretary of ot t the e treasury by President President President dent Andrew Andre w Jackson but he failed I of confirmation Then in 1836 Jackson appointed him chief justice of the supreme court and the senate senate sen sen- ate confirmed the nomination A Afew Afew few years previous to this appointment appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment his nomination to that court had failed His most famous de decision decision decision de- de while on the b bench was the Dred Scott decision in which the I I court held that that Scott had no right to sue because even If It he were vere ere free no colored person was regarded by the Constitution as a n. n citizen citizenS that they had no rights rights' I which the white man was bound to respect The decision electrified the when it was made public pub pub- lie lic as it was wa withheld by the court I for several weeks in order not to increase the excitement of the I presidential election then pending I |