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E PLURIBUS UNUM —
OUT OF MANY, ONE

HISTORY OF CONGRESS
AND THE CAPITOL

Furious Confirmation Battle

Roll Call Vote on the Confirmation of Louis Brandeis, 1916

Roll Call Vote on the Confirmation of Louis Brandeis, 1916

 

Roll Call Vote on the Confirmation of Louis Brandeis, 1916

The confirmation of Justice Brandeis to the Supreme Court was managed by Senator William Chilton of West Virginia—whose name is at the top of the clerk's tally sheet. Clerks maintain a running vote count with totals at the bottom.

Records of the U.S. Senate, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

 
History of Congress and the Capitol