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Percentage of Courts of Appeals Nominees Not Confirmed Calculated by Nominations per Congress

Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush (1987 - 1992)

President Clinton (1995 - 2000)

100th Congress - Democratic Control

26 nominations - 9 not confirmed

104th Congress - Republican Control

20 nominations - 9 not confirmed

101st Congress - Democratic Control

23 nominations - 1 not confirmed

105th Congress - Republican Control

30 nominations - 10 not confirmed

102nd Congress - Democratic Control

31 nominations - 11 not confirmed

106th Congress - Republican Control

34 nominations - 19 not confirmed


Total: out of 80 nominations, 21 not confirmed =

26.3 percent not confirmed

Total: out of 84 nominations, 38 not confirmed =

45.3 percent not confirmed

Clinton non-confirmation rate is 72 percent higher than Reagan-Bush non-confirmation rate