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Senatorial Courtesy is the name for the practice whereby the president seeks the indication that senators from the candidate's own state support the nomination.
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The United States has a long-standing, unwritten, unofficial, and non-binding constitutional convention known as senatorial courtesy that describes senators' propensity to support a Senate colleague when that senator is opposed to the appointment of a nominee from that senator's state to a federal office. The tradition is driven by a general sense of camaraderie among senators and the belief that a senator's Senate colleague will have the best first-hand knowledge of the qualifications and personal character of a nominee from the senator's home state. Additionally, it is considered to be "a significant source of political patronage" for U.S. senators.
The nomination of Benjamin Fishbourn to the position of naval officer for the port of Savannah, Georgia, by President George Washington set the precedent for senatorial courtesy. The Senate had previously swiftly agreed to the president's nominations due to the young age of the U.S. federal government and the requirement to fill the executive offices. But when Fishbourn's nomination was up for discussion in the Senate, both Georgian senators objected, with Senator James Gunn rising to speak against it—likely due to his own personal animosities toward the nominee. As a result, the Senate disapproved the nomination on the advice of the Georgia senator.
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