The Senate on Thursday confirmed Arianna Freeman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, a finale that came two weeks after she failed to garner enough floor votes because several senators were absent.

Freeman, a federal public defender, was confirmed in a 50-47 vote. She will be the first Black woman to sit on the court, which covers Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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