claim: "six justices" on the u.s. supreme court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."
author: gwen moore
evidence_1: feb 13, 2016 ... in the wake of the death of justice antonin scalia, questions have arisen about  whether there is a standard practice of not nominating and confirming supreme  court justices during a presidential election year. the historical record does not  reveal any instances since at least 1900 of the president failing to ...
evidence_2: mar 17, 2016 ... as president barack obama was nominating merrick garland to the u.s.  supreme court, u.s. rep. gwen moore argued that despite pushback from ... " six justices" on the u.s. supreme court have been "confirmed in presidential  election years since 1912." — gwen moore on wednesday, march 16th, ...
evidence_3: feb 15, 2016 ... “it has been 80 years since a supreme court vacancy was nominated and  confirmed in an election year,” sen. ted cruz of ... six of the seven were  confirmed by the senate. ... the senate confirmed mahlon pitney to replace john  marshall harlan during president william taft's last year in office in 1912.
evidence_4: mar 16, 2016 ... barry j. mcmillion, analyst in american national government (bmcmillion@crs. loc.gov, 7-6025). this crs insight provides data and analysis related to  nominations made to the supreme court during presidential election years ... as  of this writing, there have been eight such nominations since 1900—six to.
evidence_5: feb 17, 2016 ... cruz said “it has been 80 years since a supreme court vacancy was nominated  and confirmed in an election year,” citing this as a “long tradition.” cruz is close (it  has been 76 years). but until now only six presidents since 1900 had outstanding  court vacancies in an election year, and in every case the ...