Gee whiz! In 1962 JFK appointed this man, then deputy attorney general, to the Supreme Court
[DOC] [TLE] John F. Kennedy Supreme Court candidates - Wikipedia [PAR] Although he was president for less than three years, John F. Kennedy appointed 
two men to the ... United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy had 
recommended Hastie, who would have become the first African-American on the 
Supreme ... Kennedy formally nominated White to the Supreme Court on April 3, 
1962.