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Which justice tried to drown himself after the Senate failed to confirm his nomination for chief justice?
ОглавлениеJohn Rutledge, a former associate justice whom President George Washington nominated as chief justice in 1795 as a recess appointment, tried to drown himself after hearing news of his rejection by the Senate. He was saved by a couple of slaves.
