And the committee rewarded him with unanimous confirmation in less than eight hours.

No substantive charges surfaced in the 20-minute session, committee aides said, and Judge Ginsburg seemed headed for an easy if not unanimous confirmation after three days of public testimony.

His eventual unanimous confirmation supports this theory.

After unanimous confirmation by the U. S. Senate, he served with distinction at that post until 1986, longer than any other American ambassador.

He took the oath of office on July 15, 1995, after unanimous confirmation in the Senate of Puerto Rico.

In 2001 after unanimous confirmation by the Senate, he was appointed by President George W. Bush as an ambassador to the U.N. serving until 2006.

After the tenure of Watt and Hodel, Lujan was widely regarded as a moderate at the time of his unanimous confirmation in February 1989.

The deft display of diplomacy brought unanimous confirmation.

Thornburgh was sworn into office after unanimous confirmation by the United States Senate and served three years as Attorney General, 1988-1991.

He began his second term in January 2005 after unanimous confirmation by the United States Senate.