In three and a half years, President Biden has already installed more non-White federal judges than any president in history. His slate of judges is also majority female — another first (article available here).
Just 13 percent of Biden’s Senate-confirmed appointments so far are White men, according to a Post analysis of self-reported race and ethnicity data from the Federal Judicial Center. “I’m particularly proud that these judges reflect the diversity that is our country’s strength,” Biden said in a February statement after his 175th judge was confirmed.
As of mid-May, Biden remains the only president in history to install more women than men on the federal bench. More than 6 in 10 Biden-appointed judges are women. As of mid-May, Biden remains the only president in history to install more women than men on the federal bench. More than 6 in 10 Biden-appointed judges are women.
Obama is the only president who has appointed more women to the bench: 138 judges in his entire eight years as president. Biden is about a dozen short of that total as he nears the end of his first term.