Some additional color @ProfBrianKalt didn't cover: Lincoln & Eisenhower both had openings in October, but the Senate was out of session. Ike, with a D Senate, used a recess appointment. Lincoln made his appointment in the lame duck session in Dec as soon as the Senate arrived.https://twitter.com/scotusreporter/status/1307427141638914048 …
Yes. And all had the president's party controlling the Senate. Party control of the Senate is the dividing line in the history.
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So why did you say that "all favored the party that had won the election"? I'm confused.
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The lame duck confirmations *when the parties were divided* favored the winner: Nelson in 1845, Woods in 1880. Also Brennan in the new Senate in 1957.pic.twitter.com/u4oTkTZ27Q
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