Who was the president who nominated Hugo Black to the Supreme Court?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Hugo Black to the Supreme Court in 1937. Black was a close political ally of Roosevelt and was a strong supporter of the New Deal. Black's nomination was controversial because of his past membership in the Ku Klux Klan, but he was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 63-37.
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