By September 28, 2014, OBAMA-44 (starting on January 20, 2013) had 107 nominees to Article III judicial posts confirmed by the U.S. Senate. This included 2 appointments to the Court of International Trade.
By September 28, 2022, BIDEN-46 (starting January 20, 2021) had 83 nominees to Article III judicial posts confirmed by the U.S. Senate. This included one U.S. Supreme Court post.
By September 28, 2018, TRUMP-45 (starting January 20, 2017) had 68 nominees to Article III judicial posts confirmed by the U.S. Senate. This included one U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
As of September 28, 2026, TRUMP-47 (starting January 20, 2025) has had 57 nominees to Article III judicial posts confirmed by the U.S. Senate. This included one seat on the CIT, and one Virgin Island district court.
SUMMARY: From inauguration (January 20) through a year after inauguration and the following September 28.
OBAMA-44 (107) > BIDEN-46 (83) > TRUMP-45 (68) > TRUMP-47 (57)
TRUMP-47 is behind TRUMP-45, and well behind BIDEN-46. [57/83=69% or D+]
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At the start of TRUMP-47, on January 20, 2025, there were 45 federal judicial vacancies—all were Article III vacancies.
There are now, September 28, 2026, 40 federal judicial vacancies, including: 40 Article III positions. There are 874 authorized Article III federal judicial positions (including the Court of International Trade, and including Article I/IV district courts in the territories), with 40 vacancies, amounting to a circa 5% vacancy rate. There are currently THREE vacancies across all federal appellate courts. As of today, there are nominees for THREE appellate vacancies. As of today, there are 16 nominees pending for the 40 vacancies.
If all 16 of TRUMP-47’s pending nominees were confirmed today, TRUMP-47 would still be behind BIDEN-46. If today all 40 vacant Article III posts were filled with TRUMP-47’s nominees, TRUMP-47 would still be behind OBAMA-44.
September 28, 2026: Vacancies TRUMP-47 Nominations* Senate Confirmed
US Supreme Court -- 0 0 0
US Federal Circuit Courts -- 3 3 10
US Federal District Courts -- 37 13 45
US Court of Int’l Trade (Art III) 0 0 1
Article I Courts -- 0 0 1
Total -- 40 16 57
Vacancies include current and future vacancies as reported: current, <https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/judicial-vacancies/current-judicial-vacancies>, and future <https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/judicial-vacancies/future-judicial-vacancies>.
Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Trump-47 Judicial Vacancies and Trump-47 Judicial Nominations,’ New Reform Club (UPDATED from time to time) (Jan. 29, 2025, 3:14 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2025/01/trump-47-judicial-vacancies-and.html>;
*“Nominations” refers to nominations awaiting Senate committee action or action before the full Senate. Posts listed in the “Senate Confirmed” column are not included among “Vacancies” or “Trump-47 Nominations”. Nominations which are announced to the public, but not yet submitted to the Senate are not included in the chart above.
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