claim: "it's been since 1888 that a senate of a different party than the president in the white house confirmed a supreme court nominee."
author: cory gardner
evidence_1: oct 8, 2018 ... the senate majority leader misleadingly suggested on sunday that his ...  consider a supreme court nominee in a presidential election year. ... the  supreme court was confirmed by a senate of a different party than the ... “you  have to go back to 1888 when grover cleveland was in the white house to find ...
evidence_2: feb 16, 2016 ... president obama has vowed to offer a supreme court nominee to ... when the  president and senate majority are from different parties? ... the democrats had  55 seats in the senate, compared with the republicans' 45 seats, and it took ...  party controlled the white house and the senate, that nominee was ...
evidence_3: feb 13, 2016 ... sections; home ... supreme court nominations are different, to be sure, and they  are also more ... only once since world war ii has a supreme court justice ...  president reagan then nominated anthony kennedy on november 30, 1987. ...  confirmed by a senate controlled by the opposing party was 1888, ...
evidence_4: feb 24, 2016 ... it's been since 1888 that a senate of a different party than the president in the  white house confirmed a supreme court nominee. joe biden ...
evidence_5: oct 9, 2018 ... is mitch mcconnell doing a 180 on filling a supreme court seat in ... a different  party in control of the senate than the presidency, it is not ... been just 13 election -year supreme court vacancies since 1800. ... “you'd have to go all the way back  to 1888 with grover cleveland, a democrat in the white house, ...