President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the U.S. Senate has confirmed 148 Article III federal judges through November 1, 2023, 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). The Senate had confirmed 157 of President Donald Trump’s (R) appointees at this point in his term.
The average number of federal judges appointed by previous presidents through November 1 of his third year in office is 139.7.
By November of his third year, President George W. Bush (R) had the most appointees confirmed with 167, followed by President Bill Clinton (D) at 166. President Barack Obama (D) tied with Reagan to have the fewest confirmations at 113 each.