If Nelson Rockefeller became President in 1960, who will he appoint to SCOTUS?

[Nightingale]

As the title says, had Rockefeller, whose chances in 1960 were shaky, won the nomination and won, who would he appoint to SCOTUS?

Will they be liberals, moderates or conservatives?

P.S. Let's say no Happy Scandal and a good economy by 1964 so he does get two terms.

 

[David T]

Maybe this is how we get Henry Friendly on the Court... https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-friendly-court.381584/

 

[Nightingale]

Any more ideas?

 

[David T]

Another idea would be the last Republican Governor of New York before Rockefeller, Thomas Dewey...

 

[Nightingale]

Hmmm... So like centre-right appointees?

 

[David T]

Other possibilities would include Ike's two Attorneys-General:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Brownell_Jr.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_P._Rogers

 

[GeographyDude]

I kind of like wildcard appointments hard to place on the liberal-conservative number line, like when Pres. Ford appointed John Paul Stevens to the Court in 1975

(one book even referred to Stevens as the wildcard on the Court)

 

[bguy]

Another idea would be the last Republican Governor of New York before Rockefeller, Thomas Dewey...

Did Dewey have any interest in serving on the Supreme Court? Nixon supposedly offered him a Supreme Court position in 1969, and Dewey turned it down.

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1856570_1856573_1856436,00.html

And while Dewey might have declined the Nixon offer because of his age, I've also read that Dewey had previously declined a Supreme Court position offered to him by Eisenhower, so it seems like he just really did not want to serve on the Supreme Court.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0319.html