I went back to the Senate and consulted
a good many Senators. Nearly all of them said they would
not agree to such a struggle; that they thought it very undesirable
indeed; that the effect would be bad. So it was clear that
nothing could be accomplished in that way. I went back to
the White House and reported. I got the authority of the
gentlemen I had consulted to tell the President what they
said. The result was the appointment of Judge Jackson, to
the great satisfaction of the country. He was a very industrious
and faithful Judge. But his useful life came to an end soon
afterward, I suppose largely as the result of overwork in his
important and laborious office.
The Attorney-General said of Mr. Justice Jackson: "He was
not so much a Senator who had been appointed Judge, as a Judge
who had served for a time as a Senator."
I served with Senator Jackson on the Committee on Claims,
and on the Committee on the Judiciary. We did not meet often
in social life. He rarely came to my room. I do not remember
that I ever visited him in his home. But we formed a very
cordial and intimate friendship.
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