President-elect Donald Trump's unconventional Cabinet picks are raising questions about party loyalty, potentially leading to a situation not seen in over a century—rejection of nominations by a Republican-led Senate. Only twelve Cabinet nominations in U.S. history have been rejected, and the last incident was in 1925, when Calvin Coolidge's attempt to nominate Charles B. Warren as Attorney General was thwarted by his own party's Senate members.
Charles B. Warren, nominated by Coolidge, was involved in a Sugar Trust scandal which ultimately played a significant role in his rejection as Attorney General, making precedent in the realm of party loyalty. TIME magazine lauded Warren's intellect and capability at the time of his nomination, highlighting how speculation of his close ties to Coolidge was disregarded in the face of his controversial past.
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