| President | Supreme Court |
Courts of Appeals |
District Courts |
Total Appointments |
Total Federal Judgeships |
Partisan Affiliation (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt (1933-1945) |
9 | 52 | 136 | 197 | 262 | 96.4 |
| Truman (1945-1953) |
4 | 27 | 102 | 133 | 292 | 93.1 |
| Eisenhower (1953-1961) |
5 | 45 | 127 | 177 | 322 | 95.1 |
| Kennedy (1961-1963) |
2 | 20 | 102 | 124 | 395 | 90.9 |
| Johnson (1963-1969) |
2 | 41 | 125 | 168 | 449 | 94.5 |
| Nixon (1969-1974) |
4 | 45 | 182 | 231 | 504 | 92.8 |
| Ford (1974-1977) |
1 | 12 | 52 | 65 | 504 | 81.2 |
| Carter (1977-1981) |
0 | 56 | 206 | 262 | 657 | 89.1 |
| Reagan (1981-1989) |
3 | 83 | 292 | 378 | 740 | 92.7 |
| Bush (1989-1993) |
2 | 60 | 148 | 210 | 825 | 88.6 |
| Clinton (1993-2001) |
2 | 66 | 305 | 373 | 841 | 87.2 |
| G.W. Bush (2001- ) |
205 | 84.8 |
Source
Ragsdale, Lyn. 1998. Vital Statistics on the Presidency: Washington to Clinton.
Washington D.C: CQ Press; for the Clinton (1993-2001) era, O'Connor, Karen, Larry J. Sabato,
Stefan D. Haag, and Gary A. Keith. 2004. American Government: Continuity and Change. New York:
Longman; the G.W. Bush period came from
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/25/senate.judges/index.html.