These were Caleb Cushing (Treasury), David Henshaw (Navy), James Porter (War), and James S. Green (Treasury). Henshaw and Porter served as recess appointees before their rejections. Tyler repeatedly renominated Cushing, who was rejected three times in one day, March 3, 1843, the last day of the 27th Congress.[135] No cabinet nomination failed after Tyler's term until Henry Stanbery's nomination as Attorney General was rejected by the Senate in 1868.[136]

Judicial appointments
Main article: List of federal judges appointed by John Tyler

Judicial Appointments[137][138]

Court

Name

Term

U.S.S.C.

Samuel Nelson

1845–1872

E.D. Va.

James D. Halyburton

1844–1861

D. Ind.

Elisha M. Huntington

1842–1862

E.D. La.W.D. La.[j]

Theodore H. McCaleb

1841–1861[k]

D. Vt.

Samuel Prentiss

1842–1857

E.D. Pa.

Archibald Randall

1842–1846

D. Mass.

Peleg Sprague

1841–1865

Two vacancies occurred on the Supreme Court during Tyler's presidency, as Justices Smith Thompson and Henry Baldwin died in 1843 and 1844, respectively. Tyler, ever at odds with Congress—including the Whig-controlled Senate—nominated several men to the Supreme Court to fill these seats. However, the Senate successively voted against confirming John C. Spencer, Reuben Walworth, Edward King and John M. Read (Walworth was rejected three times, King rejected twice). 