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That ended the decades-long tradition of having a Jew on the court. It lasted until President Clinton named Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the court in 1993 and Stephen Breyer the following year; both still serve. Q: Thanks for your June 23rd column on who might succeed Chief Justice Rehnquist. I was especially glad that you didnt make the common mistake concerning his title its Chief Justice of the United States, not Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. This is largely due to the efforts of Salmon Chase, an Ohioan who was appointed chief justice by President Lincoln in 1 Chase was Vacancies australian emabassy in the netherlands egotistical and wanted a grander title than it had originally been. Congress went along with the change, and later chief justices have all borne the modified title. On the Supreme Court, the chief justice is primus inter pares first among equals, but he is not the boss. William Vodrey, Cleveland, Ohio Q: I enjoyed your historical tidbit about the censure of Connecticut Sen. Tom Dodd see June 23rd column. It is interesting to note that Sen. John Tower was one of the few senators to vote against the censure and that, more than two decades later, Sen. Christopher Dodd returned the favor, as one of the few Democratic senators who supported the ill-fated nomination of Tower as Secretary of Defense in 1 Bill Stephens, Tacoma, Wash. A: From the moment Tower was named by the first President Bush to be Defense Secretary, Sen. Chris Dodd insisted that Towers support for his father during the 67 censure battle would not affect how he planned to vote on the Tower nomination. And even when Chris Dodd ultimately decided to vote for Towers nomination, he said it was about fairness, not a political debt from decades past. I owe John Tower the same fairness and careful judgment he used 22 years ago, Chris Dodd said in explaining how he would vote in 1 But he added, Of course, I havent forgotten how John Tower voted. What kind of son would I be if I did? Q: I am a Canadian living in California and was told that Gerald Ford was not the first nonelected Vacancies australian emabassy in the netherlands Ford, of course, became president because Richard Nixon chose him to Vacancies australian emabassy in the netherlands Spiro Agnew as vice president after Agnew resigned, and then Vacancies australian emabassy in the netherlands became president after Nixon resigned. If Ford was not the first nonelected president, then who was, and under what circumstances did he become president? Brian Elliot, Sacramento, Vacancies australian emabassy in the netherlands A: Gerald Ford is the only person to serve as president AND vice president without being elected to either post. But he was certainly not the first nonelected president. That would be John Tyler, who succeeded to the presidency on April 4, 1841, following the death of President William Henry Harrison. Other presidents who served but were never elected: Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson and Chester A. Arthur. Q: I noticed that you havent mentioned your obsession with the New York Yankees this year. Is it because your 200 million team is old and pathetic and falling apart? Robert Sawyer, Boston, Mass.