Since taking office, President Joe Biden (D) has nominated 81 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of January 20, 2022, 42 of the nominees have been confirmed.[1]
Ballotpedia publishes the federal vacancy count report tracking vacancies, nominations, and confirmations to all United States Article III federal courts each month. In the most recent report covering activity in December 2021, there were 74 Article III vacancies in the federal judiciary. Of those vacancies, 25 had pending nominations. To learn more about current vacancies in the federal judiciary, click here.
This page provides an overview of the status of federal judicial nominees appointed by President Joe Biden (D). This page also provides additional procedural and historical context about Biden's judicial nominees and the nomination records of previous presidents, including the following information:
- The number of historical judicial appointments made by presidents between 1933 and 2021;
- Vacancy statistics by month;
- Nomination and confirmation statistics by month;
- Status of federal court vacancies;
- Status of Article III judicial nominees appointed by Biden;
- List of judicial nominees confirmed to their positions;
- List of judicial nominees waiting for a Senate vote;
- List of judicial nominees waiting for a committee vote;
- List of judicial nominees waiting for a committee hearing.
- A timeline of nominations made by Biden;
The list of nominees is updated daily, and the comparisons are updated monthly.
