jackson's friendship with benjamin harrison from the senate overcame theer partisan differences.nor, did the republican majority delay jackson'')s confirmation despite the lame duck status of the appointing president. let's turn to 20th-century justice louis brandeis had only been on the court of few months when he became one of several high ranking supporters of clark. president woodrow wwlson named clark to run unsuccessfully for the presidency n 1916. not surprisingly, it is a chief justice william howard taft, the only individual to serve as the head of executive and judicial branches, is among the top two or commanders of nominees to the president. his chief rival in this connest was chief justice warren burger. although most scrawlers a great taft as an average president -- most scholars rate taft an average president, he haa -- his vision and leadership and planning the house for the beloved court are unparalleled. he was an unhappy chief executive, having been persuaded to run for president by theodore roosevelt, who launched a third- party candidacy against him in 1912.