On this day in history, Oct. 15, 1991, Clarence Thomas received a Senate vote of 52-48 confirming him to the U.S. Supreme Court. Today, he is the longest serving Supreme Court justice.
Following a contentious confirmation hearing, the Senate voted 52 to 48 to confirm Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court on this day in history, Oct. 15, 1991. In July 1991, Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to sit on the Supreme Court, announced his retirement after 34 years, History.com cited. Subsequently, President George H. W.
Eleven Democrats and 41 Republicans supported Thomas and 46 Democrats and two Republicans opposing him, according to Congressional Quarterly. 'That was the closest vote in favor of a Supreme Court nominee in more than a century,' the same source said. Justice Thomas was born in the Pinpoint community near Savannah, Georgia, on June 23, 1948. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1971 and from Yale Law School in 1974, according to the Supreme Court Historical Society.
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