Department of Justice

Attorney General Nominee Rejected By Senate

It's hard to be rejected by the Senate... but it's happened before.

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While the world watches Senator Jeff Sessions — already rejected by the Senate once — try to secure nomination as the next Attorney General, who was the last Attorney General nominee rejected by the U.S. Senate?

Hint: You may remember Zoë Baird and Judge Kimba Wood taking heat for hiring undocumented workers, but both nominations were withdrawn before a vote, so they don’t count.

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