President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 159 Article III federal judges through December 1, 2023, his third year in office. The Senate had confirmed 164 of President Donald Trump’s (R) appointees at this point in his term.
The average number of federal judges appointed by previous presidents through December 1 of his third year in office is 146.7.
President George W. Bush (R) made the most appointments through December 1 of his third year with 168. President Barack Obama (D) made the fewest with 119.