In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge successfully nominated Harlan F. Stone to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, filling the vacancy left by Joseph McKenna's retirement.

Shortly after President Coolidge won reelection in the 1924 United States presidential election, Justice McKenna retired from the Supreme Court.

On January 5, 1925, Calvin Coolidge nominated Stone to replace McKenna as an Associate Justice.

[1] Some Senators raised concerns about Stone's connection to Wall Street making him a tool of corporate interests.

[4] During their initial review of the nomination, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a single closed door hearing on January 12, 1925.

It was alleged that the motivations of the indictment was due to Wheeler's investigating of Stone's predecessor as attorney general, Harry Daugherty, for his failure to prosecute parties involved in the Teapot Dome scandal.

[4] To address concerns about his nomination, Stone proposed that he answer questions of the Senate Judiciary Committee in person.

On January 28, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on their nomination.

Chief Hughes had started to consider retiring from the court in 1940, partially due to the declining health of his wife.