List of presidents of the United States by judicial appointments

Following is a list indicating the number of Article III federal judicial appointments made by each president of the United States.

The number of judicial offices has risen significantly from the time when Washington's 39 appointments were sufficient to maintain the entire federal judiciary for eight years.

[1] To date, Ronald Reagan has appointed the largest number of federal judges, with 383, followed closely by Bill Clinton with 378.

[2] William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after his inauguration, is the only president to have appointed no federal judges.

For example, Donald Trump appointed John F. Heil III to the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma.