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US President Rutherford B. Hayes nominated Stanley Matthews to the Supreme Court in 1881. The Senate ultimately approved his nomination 24-23 in the closest SCOTUS nomination vote in history. Why was Matthews so controversial? What happened with the Senate vote?

by /u/ajbrown141 in /r/AskHistorians

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