Justices and Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court

Justices and Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court by Abraham, Henry Julian. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780195034806.

This new edition of this classic history of the Supreme Court discusses the selection, nomination, and appointment of each of the 102 justices who have sat on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1789. Abraham provides a fascinating account of the Presidential motivations behind each nomination, examining how each appointees performance on the bench fulfilled, or disappointed, Presidential expectations.