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The six universal dives are asked of every subject at this tier. This is not one of them. It exists because of one thing this subject has been — office-holder — and a subject who has not been that never gets this page. That is why this record has 7 overlay dives to write rather than a number every record shares. All six base dives were written first, and that ordering is a rule rather than a habit: an overlay dive published on its own is a page about the part of someone chosen by whoever built it.
Third run of this dive, and the only record with four Congresses to show. It inherits two corrections the second run made — whole terms rather than a 581-day window, and a consent decline that is not a straight line — and adds the range those corrections made visible.
The six base dives and the other 6 overlay dives are listed on the full record.
Across the nine Congresses from the 111th to the 119th, the highest share of civilian nominations confirmed is 81.5% and the lowest is 52.0%. Both belong here — the first two years of the term and the last two. The spread within this one presidency is 29.5 points, which is wider than the gap between any two other records on this tier.
Share of civilian nominations received in each Congress that were confirmed in it, across all nine from the 111th to the 119th. This record's four carry a rule; yellow marks the two extremes, both of which are here.
A single figure for a presidency is an average over that. It is also why the comparative charts on the other two records — which show this record only through one or two of its Congresses — cannot be read as describing it. Whichever Congress a comparison picks, it picks a different answer.
The fourth of seven overlay dives on the full record, and the third run of this dive — after Donald Trump and Joe Biden. All nine Congresses now appear on all three, which is why the two extremes could be identified as extremes at all.