U.S. President Barack Obama nominated over 400 individuals for federal judgeships during his presidency. Of these nominations,Congress confirmed 329 judgeships,173 during the 111th &112th Congresses and 156 during the 113th and 114th Congresses.
Claria Denise Horn Boom is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. She is a member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Britt Cagle Grant is an American attorney and judge who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Donald Trump,President of the United States from 2017 to 2021,entered office with a significant number of judicial vacancies,including a Supreme Court vacancy due to the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016. During the first eight months of his presidency,he nominated approximately 50 judges,a significantly higher number than any other recent president had made by that point in his presidency. By June 24,2020,200 of his Article III nominees had been confirmed by the United States Senate. According to multiple media outlets,Trump significantly impacted the composition of the Supreme Court and lower courts during his tenure.
Wendy Baldwin Vitter is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Stephen Robert Clark Sr. is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He is the founder and former managing partner of the St. Louis–based Runnymede Law Group.
Sarah Elizabeth Daggett Morrison is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Cheryl "Sherri" Allen Lydon is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. She previously served as the United States attorney for the same district. She was the first woman to serve as a presidentially-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina.
Rachel Peter Kovner is an American lawyer from New York and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Martha Maria Pacold is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Bridget Anne Shelton Bade is an American lawyer and jurist from Arizona. She is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She was formerly a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Stephanie Lou Haines is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Stephanie Dawkins Davis is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Kea Lynn Whetzal Riggs is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Justin Reed Walker is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2020 as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He previously was a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky from 2019 to 2020.
Karen Spencer Marston is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Matthew Thomas Schelp is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Anna Marie Manasco is an American lawyer from Alabama who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Katherine Amber Crytzer is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
President Joe Biden began his presidency with fewer vacancies to fill than his predecessor. He pledged to nominate people with diverse backgrounds and professional experience;further he pledged to nominate the first black woman to the Supreme Court of the United States.
