Hoover Administration - Hoover and the Judiciary

Hoover and the Judiciary

During his term, Hoover was able to appoint three justices to the Supreme Court. In 1930 he appointed Charles Evans Hughes, who had been appointed associate justice in 1910, to be chief justice. Despite a strong judicial record, Hughes met with some opposition. His corporate associations as a Wall Street lawyer, and his resignation from the Court in 1916 to run for the presidency, resulted in the 68-year-old jurist receiving confirmation by only 52 to 26.

Hoover's next choice, John J. Parker, met with defeat by a Senate vote of 41 to 39. A Republican circuit judge from North Carolina, Parker was opposed by organized labor for decisions upholding the "yellow dog" labor contract, which required a no-strike pledge from a prospective employee, and the right of mining companies to evict strikers from the company towns in which they lived. African Americans opposed Parker for a remark made in 1920, that...

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