Editing Pierce Butler (judge) (section)

===Nomination and confirmation===
[[File:Justice Pierce Butler at desk cropped.png|thumb|left|upright|Justice Butler circa 1924]]
On December 5, 1922, Butler was nominated by President [[Warren G. Harding]] as an [[Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|associate justice]] of the Supreme Court, to succeed [[William R. Day]].<ref name=SCnominations>{{cite web| title=Supreme Court Nominations (1789–Present)| url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/nominations/SupremeCourtNominations1789present.htm| publisher=United States Senate| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=February 19, 2022}}</ref> Although he was supported by [[Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court|Chief Justice]] [[William Howard Taft]], Butler's opposition to "radical" and "disloyal" professors at the [[University of Minnesota]] (where he had served on the Board of Regents) made him a controversial Supreme Court nominee. [[Farmer–Labor Party|Farmer–Labor]] Senator-elect [[Henrik Shipstead]] of Minnesota opposed him, as did the [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] Senator [[Robert M. La Follette]] of [[Wisconsin]].<ref name="Britannica"/> Also against his confirmation were labor activists, some [[Liberalism in the United States|liberal]] magazines (''[[The New Republic]]'' and ''[[The Nation]]'') and the [[Ku Klux Klan]] because he was [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]]. His appointment was supported by prominent Roman Catholics, fellow lawyers (the Minnesota State Bar Association strongly endorsed him), and business groups (especially railroad companies), as well as Minnesota's incumbent senators, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] [[Knute Nelson]] and lame duck [[Frank B. Kellogg]]. Butler was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on December 21, 1922, by a 61–8 vote,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-4/s685 |title=Confomation of Pierce Butler as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. (P.813-1). |date=1922-12-21 |website=govtrack.us}}</ref> and took the judicial oath of office on January 2, 1923.<ref name=SCOTUSjustices/>