List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama

Following is a comprehensive list of all Article III and Article IV United States federal judges appointed by President Barack Obama during his presidency, as well as a partial list of Article I federal judicial appointments, excluding appointments to the District of Columbia judiciary.

[1] The total number of Obama Article III judgeship nominees to be confirmed by the United States Senate is 329, including two justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 55 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 268 judges to the United States district courts, and four judges to the United States Court of International Trade.

Obama did not make any recess appointments to the federal courts.

He also elevated two chief judges of the Court of Federal Claims.

On the Article IV territorial courts, President Obama made two appointments and elevated one judge to the position of chief judge.

Barack Obama with his first Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor .
Barack Obama with his second Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan .