President Joe Biden surpassed President-elect Donald Trump‘s first-term judicial record as Senate Democrats confirmed two final district judges on Friday, bringing his total number to 235 during the outgoing president’s term.
The confirmations of Benjamin Cheeks to be district judge for the Southern District of California and Serena Murillo to be district judge for the Central District of California bring Biden’s total to be one more than Trump’s 234 confirmations in his first term.
The Senate confirmed Cheeks 49-47 on party lines, with Murillo approved by the same margins.
Biden’s number is second only to President Jimmy Carter, who confirmed 259 judges during his presidency.