NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved four nominees to federal judgeships, including three for the Southern District of New York. For seats on the Manhattan federal bench, the judiciary committee approved Edgardo Ramos, currently a partner at law firm Day Pitney; Andrew Carter, currently a U.S. magistrate judge in Brooklyn; and Jesse Furman, currently a federal prosecutor in Manhattan. The committee also approved James Gilstrap to the bench in the Eastern District of Texas. The nominations will now move to the full Senate for confirmation. With the addition of these nominees, there are now 29 nominees awaiting consideration by the full Senate. The Senate has confirmed just one judicial nominee, Bernice Donald of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, since it returned from its summer recess earlier this month. The nominees were approved by voice vote. (Reporting by Carlyn Kolker) (A previous version of this story defined a voice vote as one that is unopposed. In a voice vote, there is little opposition.)