Emotional photographs present President Joe Biden and Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrating a historic vote after Jackson was confirmed to the Supreme Court docket on Thursday.

The Senate voted 53-to-47 to verify Jackson, making her the primary Black girl to be appointed to the Supreme Court docket in historical past. Jackson was nominated by Biden to fill Affiliate Justice Stephen Breyer's emptiness.

Photographs captured Biden and Jackson watching the Senate's vote on a TV on Thursday.

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President Joe Biden and Ketanji Brown Jackson are seen watching the Senate's vote to verify Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court docket on the Roosevelt Room on the White Home on April 7, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty

One other picture, proven under, reveals Biden congratulating Jackson after the Senate's vote to verify her to the bench.

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U.S. President Joe Biden embraces Ketanji Brown Jackson after the Senate voted to verify her to the U.S. Supreme Court docket on Thursday, April 7, 2022 in Washington, D.C.Chip Somodevilla/Getty

Following the affirmation, Biden and Jackson had been seen hugging in entrance of the TV the place they watched the Senate vote collectively.

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U.S. President Joe Biden and Ketanji Brown Jackson are seen hugging after the Senate voted to verify Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court docket on April 7, 2022 in Washington, D.C.Chip Somodevilla/Getty

Biden additionally posted a tweet following the affirmation, which he known as "a historic second for our nation."

"We have taken one other step towards making our highest courtroom replicate the range of America. She will likely be an unbelievable Justice, and I used to be honored to share this second along with her," Biden wrote within the tweet, which included an image of the president and Jackson.

Earlier this yr, Biden vowed to appoint a Black girl to the U.S. Supreme Court docket saying that it was "lengthy overdue."

"Whereas I have been learning candidates' backgrounds and writings, I've made no resolution besides one: the particular person I nominate will likely be somebody with extraordinary qualifications, character, expertise and integrity - and that particular person would be the first Black girl ever nominated to the US Supreme Court docket," Biden mentioned in January. "It is lengthy overdue, in my opinion."

In February, Biden nominated Jackson, saying in a press release that she is "one of many nation's brightest authorized minds."

"Decide Jackson is an exceptionally certified nominee in addition to an historic nominee, and the Senate ought to transfer ahead with a good and well timed listening to and affirmation," the White Home mentioned in a press release on February 25.

Throughout Jackson's affirmation hearings earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jackson answered questions from Senators on either side of the aisle on an array of various points. A number of Republican senators, together with Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, grilled Jackson on her previous rulings in baby pornography circumstances.

On the primary day of her affirmation hearings, Jackson instructed Senators that filling Breyer's emptiness could be "extraordinarily humbling" as she beforehand served as a clerk for Breyer.

"I've been a decide for almost a decade now, and I take that accountability and my responsibility to be impartial very significantly," Jackson mentioned throughout the hearings.

Newsweek reached out to the White Home for additional remark however didn't obtain a response in time for publication.

Replace 4/7/22, 3:48 p.m. ET: This story has been up to date with further info and background.