Herbert Hoover actually said...

"I may say that they are very extensive and embrace very large sections of the judiciary as well as the laity of lawyers."

"As you probably already know, I have sent the name of Circuit Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina to the Senate for the Associate Judgeship in Justice Sanford's place."

"The original setup of the Court was presumably, although not necessarily, based on a distribution amongst the different circuits, and at least this selection has the interesting point to it that it do..."

"I can even tell you that. [Peter V.] Daniel, retired in 1860."