Judicial appointment history for United States federal courts

The appointment of federal judges for United States federal courts has become viewed as a political process in the last several decades. This is especially true of U.S. Supreme Court and court of appeals appointments. These charts show the composition of the Supreme and circuit courts at the end of each four year presidential term, categorizing the judges by the presidential term during which they were nominated for their seat.

As of March 2014 a majority of the federal appeals courts have a majority of Democratic appointees. However, the party of the president who appointed a judge is not always a good indicator of that judge's judicial philosophy and place on the political spectrum.

Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United States was established by the Constitution of the United States. Originally, the Judiciary Act of 1789 set the number of Justices at six. Subsequently, the United States Congress increased the number of Justices to seven in 1807, nine in 1837 and ten in 1863. The Judiciary Act of 1869 reduced the number of Justices to nine once again.

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ	JFK /LBJ	DDE 2	DDE 1	HST 2	FDR /HST	FDR 3	FDR 2
Current	8	4	4	1	-	2	2	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	9	5	4	-	-	2	2	-	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	9	7	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	9	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	9	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	9	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	9	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	9	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
1984	9	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
1980	9	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
1976	9	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
1972	9	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1
1968	9	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	3	-	-	-	2
1964	9	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	1	-	-	2
1960	9	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	3
1956	9	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	4
1952	9	0	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	4
1948	9	0	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	5

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	FDR /HST	FDR 3	FDR 2	FDR 1	HCH	JCC	WGH /JCC	TWW 2	TWW 1	WHT
1948	9	0	9	-	2	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1944	9	2	7	-	-	2	5	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
1940	9	3	6	-	-	-	5	-	2	1	-	-	1	-
1936	9	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	2	1
1932	9	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	2	1

Courts of appeals

The United States Court of Appeals were established by the Judiciary Act of 1891 as "United States circuit courts of appeals" (the name was changed to its current form in 1948). The act authorized 19 appellate judgeships in 9 circuits. Since then, the number of authorized appellate judgeships has increased to 179.^[1]

Summary of 13 circuits combined

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ	JFK /LBJ	DDE 2	DDE 1
Current	179	76	94	9	25	29	23	28	22	17	9	8	7	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
2012	179	84	78	17	-	30	24	30	25	18	12	10	7	5	1	-	-	-	-	-
2008*	178	100	66	12	-	-	24	32	33	26	21	15	7	7	1	-	-	-	-	-
2004	179	94	69	16	-	-	-	35	34	26	29	20	8	9	1	1	-	-	-	-
2000	179	76	78	25	-	-	-	-	34	30	35	28	11	14	1	1	-	-	-	-
1996	179	105	54	20	-	-	-	-	-	30	40	45	14	22	3	2	1	1	-	-
1992	179	119	42	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	50	20	40	5	3	1	1	-	-
1988	168	96	62	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	26	53	9	10	8	1	-	-
1984	168	66	76	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	57	15	17	14	5	-	-
1980	140	50	86	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59	16	30	19	8	2	1

There were temporarily 178 existing appellate federal judgeships, due to the elimination of a 12th seat on the D.C. Circuit by Section 509. of the Court Security Improvement Act of 2007.^[2] The Act also provided for the creation of a 29th seat on the Ninth Circuit in January 2009 which increased the number of authorized appellate judgeships to 179 again.

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ	JFK /LBJ	DDE 2	DDE 1
Present	100%	42%	53%	5%	14%	16%	13%	16%	12%	9%	6%	4%	4%	1%	1%	-	-	-	-	-
2012	100%	47%	44%	9%	-	17%	13%	17%	14%	10%	7%	6%	4%	3%	1%	-	-	-	-	-
2008	100%	56%	37%	7%	-	-	13%	18%	19%	15%	12%	8%	4%	4%	1%	-	-	-	-	-
2004	100%	53%	39%	9%	-	-	-	20%	19%	15%	16%	11%	4%	5%	1%	1%	-	-	-	-
2000	100%	42%	44%	14%	-	-	-	-	19%	17%	20%	16%	6%	8%	1%	1%	-	-	-	-
1996	100%	59%	30%	11%	-	-	-	-	-	17%	22%	25%	8%	12%	2%	1%	1%	1%	-	-
1992	100%	67%	23%	10%	-	-	-	-	-	-	22%	28%	11%	22%	3%	2%	1%	1%	-	-
1988	100%	57%	37%	6%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30%	16%	32%	5%	6%	5%	1%	-	-
1984	100%	39%	45%	16%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20%	34%	9%	10%	8%	3%	-	-
1980	100%	36%	61%	3%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	42%	11%	21%	14%	6%	1%	1%

Partisan mix of the circuit courts

As of January 11, 2015

Appeals Court (in numerical order)	Percentage of occupied seats appointed by Republicans	Percentage of occupied seats appointed by Democrats	Republican/ Democrat/ vacant	Percentage of total seats appointed by Republicans	Percentage of total seats appointed by Democrats	Percentage of total seats currently vacant
1st	33%	67%	2 / 4 / 0	33%	67%	0%
2nd	38%	62%	5 / 8 / 0	38%	62%	0%
3rd	38%	62%	5 / 8 / 1	36%	57%	7%
4th	33%	67%	5 / 10 / 0	33%	67%	0%
5th	67%	33%	10 / 5 / 2	59%	29%	12%
6th	67%	33%	10 / 5 / 1	63%	31%	6%
7th	67%	33%	6 / 3 / 2	55%	27%	18%
8th	80%	20%	8 / 2 / 1	73%	18%	9%
9th	32%	68%	9 / 19 / 1	31%	66%	3%
10th	42%	58%	5 / 7 / 0	42%	58%	0%
11th	27%	73%	3 / 8 / 1	25%	67%	8%
DC	36%	64%	4 / 7 / 0	36%	64%	0%
Federal	33%	67%	4 / 8 / 0	33%	67%	0%
Total of 13 circuits	45%	55%	76 / 94 / 9	42%	53%	5%

First Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ
Current	6	2	4	-	2	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
2012	6	3	2	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
2008	6	3	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
2004	6	4	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
2000	6	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-
1996	6	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	1	-	-	-	-
1992	6	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	1	-	-	-
1988	6	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	1	1
1984	6	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	1
1980	4	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1

Second Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ	JFK /LBJ
current	13	5	8	-	-	5	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	13	5	8	-	-	5	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	13	6	6	1	-	-	1	4	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	13	6	7	-	-	-	-	4	5	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	13	2	10	1	-	-	-	-	5	4	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
1996	13	5	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	1	1	2	-	-	-	-
1992	13	10	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	2	1	-	-	-
1988	13	9	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	2	1	1	1	-
1984	13	7	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	2	1	1	1
1980	11	6	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	1	1

Third Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ
Current	14	5	8	1	3	2	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	14	6	7	1	-	2	3	2	3	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
2008	14	6	6	2	-	-	3	2	4	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
2004	14	7	6	1	-	-	-	4	4	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	-
2000	14	6	6	2	-	-	-	-	4	1	2	3	1	1	-	-	-
1996	14	11	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	7	1	1	-	-	-
1992	14	11	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	1	1	-	-	-
1988	12	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	2	-	1	1
1984	12	6	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	4	2
1980	10	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	5	2

Fourth Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ	JFK /LBJ	DDE 2
current	15	5	10	-	1	5	1	2	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	15	5	10	-	-	6	1	2	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	15	6	5	4	-	-	1	2	3	2	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	15	8	5	2	-	-	-	2	3	2	3	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
2000	15	6	5	4	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
1996	15	9	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	1	2	1	2	-	-	-
1992	15	9	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	3	1	2	-	-	-
1988	11	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	1	2	1	-	-
1984	11	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	1	2	1	-	-
1980	10	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	2	2	-	1

Fifth Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ	JFK /LBJ	DDE 2	DDE 1
current	17	10	5	2	1	2	4	2	-	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	17	10	5	2	-	2	4	2	-	2	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	17	13	4	-	-	-	4	2	-	3	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	17	11	4	2	-	-	-	2	-	3	4	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	17	9	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	17	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	17	11	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	16	9	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	1	1	-	-	-	-
1984	16	7	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	1	1	-	-	-	-
1980	14	3	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	1	2	-	-	1

Note: The 5th Circuit judges who were transferred to the 11th Circuit in 1981 are not included in the 5th Circuit numbers for 1980.

Sixth Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ	JFK /LBJ	DDE 2
current	16	10	5	1	-	2	4	4	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	16	10	6	-	-	2	4	4	1	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
2008	16	10	6	-	-	-	4	4	2	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
2004	16	6	6	4	-	-	-	4	2	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
2000	16	5	7	4	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
1996	16	7	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
1992	16	9	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	1	5	-	-	-	-	-
1988	16	10	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	5	1	1	-	-	-
1984	16	6	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	1	1	-	1	-
1980	11	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	1	1	1	1

Seventh Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ	JFK /LBJ
current	11	6	3	2	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
2012	11	7	3	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
2008	11	7	3	1	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
2004	11	8	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	4	2	-	-	-	-	-
2000	11	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	4	3	-	-	-	-	-
1996	11	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	4	3	-	-	-	1	-
1992	11	9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	1	1	-	1	-
1988	11	9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	1	2	-	1	-
1984	11	6	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	2	-	1	-
1980	9	4	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	1

Eighth Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ
current	11	8	2	1	1	-	1	5	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
2012	11	9	2	-	-	-	1	6	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
2008	11	9	2	-	-	-	1	6	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
2004	11	9	2	-	-	-	-	6	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
2000	11	6	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	2	1	2	-	-	-
1996	11	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	2	2	-	-	-
1992	11	9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	2	-	-	-
1988	10	6	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	-	1
1984	10	4	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	1	3
1980	9	3	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	3

Ninth Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ	JFK /LBJ
current	29	9	19	1	2	5	3	4	10	2	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-
2012	29	9	19	1	-	5	3	4	11	2	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
2008	28	11	16	1	-	-	3	4	11	2	2	2	-	3	-	-	-	-
2004	28	8	16	4	-	-	-	4	11	2	2	2	-	3	-	-	-	-
2000	28	7	18	3	-	-	-	-	11	3	4	3	-	4	-	-	-	-
1996	28	10	10	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	-	6	-	-	-	1
1992	28	14	13	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	2	12	-	1	-	1
1988	28	11	14	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	13	-	2	-	1
1984	28	8	16	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	15	3	2	-	1
1980	23	7	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	3	4	-	1

Note: SEC. 509. of the Court Security Improvement Act of 2007^[2] provided for the creation of a 29th seat on the Ninth Circuit in January 2009.

Tenth Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ	JFK /LBJ
current	12	5	7	-	4	1	2	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	12	6	3	3	-	1	2	3	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	12	8	4	-	-	-	2	4	-	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	12	7	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-
2000	12	5	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	4	-	1	-	-	-	-
1996	12	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	6	-	1	-	-	-	-
1992	12	7	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	3	-	-	-	-
1988	10	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	-	-	1	-
1984	10	1	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	1	-
1980	8	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	1	1

Eleventh Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ
current	12	3	8	1	3	2	-	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
2012	12	4	6	2	-	2	-	1	3	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	-
2008	12	7	5	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	4	1	-	1	1	-	-
2004	12	7	5	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	4	1	-	1	1	-	-
2000	12	6	5	1	-	-	-	-	3	1	4	1	-	1	1	-	-
1996	12	8	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	-	1	2	-	-
1992	12	8	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	3	2	-	-
1988	12	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	6	3	1	-
1984	12	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	1	1
1980	12	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	1	1

Note: In 1980, the 11th Circuit had not yet been created, but the judges that were later transferred to the 11th Circuit from the 5th Circuit are shown here.

DC Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ	JFK /LBJ
current	11	4	7	-	4	-	3	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	11	5	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008*	11	6	3	2	-	-	3	-	-	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	12	5	4	3	-	-	-	1	-	3	2	2	-	1	-	-	-	-
2000	12	5	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	-	1	-	-	-	-
1996	12	6	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	4	-	2	-	-	-	-
1992	12	7	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	4	-	-	-	-
1988	12	6	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	4	-	-	1	-
1984	12	3	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	2	1
1980	11	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	2	2

SEC. 509. of the Court Security Improvement Act of 2007^[2] eliminated the 12th seat on the D.C. Circuit.

Federal Circuit

Year	Total	Appointed by Republicans	Appointed by Democrats	Vacant	BHO 2	BHO 1	GWB 2	GWB 1	WJC 2	WJC 1	GHWB	RWR 2	RWR 1	JEC	RMN /GRF	RMN 1	LBJ	JFK /LBJ	DDE 2
current	12	4	8	-	4	3	1	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	12	5	4	3	-	3	1	1	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	12	8	4	-	-	-	1	1	3	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	12	8	4	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	12	7	4	1	-	-	-	-	3	1	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	12	10	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
1992	12	10	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
1988	12	7	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	-	1	-	-	1
1984	12	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	3	1	1	1
1980	11	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	4	1	1	1

Note: The Federal Circuit was created in 1982. The judges that sat on the courts that were combined into the Federal Circuit are shown in 1980 for trend comparison purposes.

Acronym key

Acronym	President	Term	Date range
BHO 2	Barack Obama	second	January 20, 2013 – present
BHO 1	Barack Obama	first	January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2013
GWB 2	George W. Bush	second	January 20, 2005 – January 20, 2009
GWB 1	George W. Bush	first	January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2005
WJC 2	Bill Clinton	second	January 20, 1997 – January 20, 2001
WJC 1	Bill Clinton	first	January 20, 1993 – January 20, 1997
GHWB	George H. W. Bush	only	January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
RWR 2	Ronald Reagan	second	January 20, 1985 – January 20, 1989
RWR 1	Ronald Reagan	first	January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1985
JEC	Jimmy Carter	only	January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
RMN/GRF	Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford	split	January 20, 1973 – January 20, 1977
RMN 1	Richard Nixon	first	January 20, 1969 – January 20, 1973
LBJ	Lyndon Johnson	second	January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969
JFK/LBJ	John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson	split	January 20, 1961 – January 20, 1965
DDE 2	Dwight Eisenhower	second	January 20, 1957 – January 20, 1961
DDE 1	Dwight Eisenhower	first	January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1957
HST 2	Harry Truman	second	January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953
FDR/HST	Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman	split	January 20, 1945 – January 20, 1949
FDR 3	Franklin Roosevelt	third	January 20, 1941 – January 20, 1945
FDR 2	Franklin Roosevelt	second	January 20, 1937 – January 20, 1941
FDR 1	Franklin Roosevelt	first	March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1937
HCH	Herbert Hoover	only	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
JCC	Calvin Coolidge	second	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929
WGH/JCC	Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge	split	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1925
TWW 2	Woodrow Wilson	second	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1921
TWW 1	Woodrow Wilson	first	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1917
WHT	William Howard Taft	only	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913

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