Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination

Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination
Kagan with President Obama and then-Vice President Joe Biden at the announcement of the nomination in the East Room of the White House
Nominee	Elena Kagan
Nominated by	Barack Obama (president of the United States)
Succeeding	John Paul Stevens (associate justice)
Date nominated	May 10, 2010
Date confirmed	August 5, 2010
Outcome	Approved by the U.S. Senate
Vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee
Votes in favor	13
Votes against	6
Result	Reported favorably
Senate confirmation vote
Votes in favor	63
Votes against	37
Result	Confirmed

On May 10, 2010, President Barack Obama announced his selection of Elena Kagan for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Kagan's nomination was confirmed by a 63–37 vote of the United States Senate on August 5, 2010. When nominated, Kagan was Solicitor General of the United States, a position to which Obama had appointed her in March 2009. Kagan was the first Supreme Court nominee since Sandra Day O'Connor in 1981 to not be a sitting circuit court judge and the most recent such nominee as of 2023. She was the first Supreme Court nominee since William Rehnquist and Lewis F. Powell Jr. in 1971^{[note 1]} to not be a sitting judge on any court.
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