President Joe Biden (D) had appointed and the U.S. Senate had confirmed 143 Article III federal judges through October 1 of his third year in office. This is the fourth-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since President Ronald Reagan (R).
Four additional Biden nominees were confirmed between October 1 and October 18. As of October 18, the Senate had confirmed 147 of Biden’s judicial nominees: 110 district court judges, 36 appeals court judges, and one Supreme Court justice.
The average number of federal judges appointed by previous presidents through October 1 of their third year in office is 133.7. At that point in his presidency, President Bill Clinton (D) had the most appointees confirmed with 166, followed by President George W. Bush (R) at 160. The Senate had confirmed 152 of President Donald Trump’s (R) appointees at this point in his term, while President Barack Obama (D) had the fewest confirmations at 98.
