By AUGUST 9, 2014, OBAMA-44 (starting on January 20, 2013) had 106 nominees to Article III judicial posts confirmed by the U.S. Senate. This included 2 appointments to the Court of International Trade.
By AUGUST 9, 2022, BIDEN-46 (starting January 20, 2021) had 76 nominees to Article III judicial posts confirmed by the U.S. Senate. This included one U.S. Supreme Court post.
By AUGUST 9, 2018, TRUMP-45 (starting January 20, 2017) had 51 nominees to Article III judicial posts confirmed by the U.S. Senate. This included one U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
As of AUGUST 9, 2026, Trump-47 (starting January 20, 2025) has had 54 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 AUGUST 9:
OBAMA-44 (106) > BIDEN-46 (76) > TRUMP-47 (54) > TRUMP-45 (51)
TRUMP-47 is ahead of TRUMP-45, but still well behind BIDEN-46. [54/76=71% or C]
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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, August 9, 2026, 37 federal judicial vacancies, including: 37 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 37 vacancies, amounting to a circa 4% vacancy rate. There are currently THREE vacancies across all federal appellate courts. As of today, there are nominees for two appellate vacancies.
August 9, 2026: Vacancies Trump-47 Nominations* Senate Confirmed
US Supreme Court -- 0 0 0
US Federal Circuit Courts -- 3 2 10
US Federal District Courts -- 34 4 42
US Court of Int’l Trade (Art III) 0 0 0
Article I Courts -- 0 0 2
Total -- 37 6 54
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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