Presidents and the total number of judges they named, broken down by women and minorities, dating from the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the first to nominate a woman to be a federal judge.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: 184 judges, 1 woman.
Harry Truman: 131 judges, 1 woman, 1 African-American.
Dwight Eisenhower: 165 judges.
John F. Kennedy: 125 judges, 1 woman, 3 African-Americans, 1 Hispanic.
Lyndon Johnson: 167 judges, 3 women (including the first African-American woman), 9 African-Americans, 3 Hispanics.
Richard Nixon: 220 judges, 1 woman, 6 African-Americans, 2 Hispanics, 1 Asian-American.
Gerald Ford: 62 judges, 1 woman, 3 African-Americans, 1 Hispanic, 2 Asian-Americans.
Jimmy Carter: 258 judges, 40 women (including the first Hispanic woman), 37 African-Americans, 16 Hispanics, 3 Asian-Americans, 1 Native American.
Ronald Reagan: 358 judges, 29 women, 7 African-Americans, 14 Hispanics, 2 Asian-Americans.
George H.W. Bush: 187 judges, 36 women, 11 African-Americans, 8 Hispanics.
Bill Clinton: 367 judges, 104 women (including the first Asian-American woman), 61 African-Americans, 23 Hispanics, 5 Asian-Americans, 1 Native American.
George W. Bush: 321 judges, 71 women, 23 African-Americans, 30 Hispanics, 4 Asian-Americans.
Source: Federal Judicial Center. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.
