Yes, even if indirectly.
Both the president and governor can appoint judges. The governor can appoint his states judges and the president appoints federal judges. The president can only appoint ambassadors.
President
The President of the United States has the power to appoint many different offices. These include federal judges, ambassadors, cabinet officers, and military leaders.
federal judicial district
federal judicial district
The president appoints federal judges, ambassadors, cabinet members and various "czars".
He was angry because Garfield did not appoint him to the federal office he was seeking.
lawmaking
President-elect Lincoln promised to not appoint Republicans to federal offices in the South. This mainly concerned federal postmasters.
The president of the United States has the constitutional authority to appoint all federal judges. This power is granted to the president under the advice and consent clause found in Article II of the US Constitution.
Another term for Federal employees is bureaucrats.
Yes, at the appeals and Supreme Court level. The President may hope (as President Roosevelt did) to create a coalition of judges who support his programs, or he (or she) may simply prefer to appoint justices with a similar ideology or worldview.