 | GenghisTheHun (168)
04/16/2006 | What the hell? Give him a three for being a footnote in history. I don't think he was ever confirmed.
This was in the first years of the Constitution before the court gained all that power under John Marshall.
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 | callitdowntheline75 (51)
08/02/2004 | Perhaps the most anonymous Chief Justice ever, it is unfortunate John Rutledge was not officially confirmed by the Senate. A brilliant lawyer and state judge, Rutledge was unfortunately and outlandishly outspoken. Sparking the bitter resentment of President George Washington's opponents, he was denied a full appointment as the nation's second Chief Justice. Soon after, he seemed to become unstable, further ruining his once brilliant reputation. John Rutledge was, in essence, a tragic figure.
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