Sure. I’ll stick with the period I know. When Harrison nominated Howell Jackson, he picked a Dem that would have to meet muster with the Dem Senate. Without opposite Party consent, he would have not been successful. N.b. Harrison was part of the dominant coalition of the era.https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1285989271283748864 …
Except Republicans had a majority in the Senate in February 1893. My point is, this has been done many times, including in lame duck sessions. Sometimes, as in John Adams picking John Marshall, with enormous, permanent consequences.