NEW YORK, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Jesse Furman was confirmed Friday as a judge for the Southern District of New York by the U.S. Senate, which approved his nomination by a vote of 62-34.

Furman, 39, has been a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District since 2004, serving as deputy chief appellate attorney since 2009. He was nominated to the bench by President Obama in June 2011.

Prior to becoming an assistant U.S. attorney, Furman worked at New Haven-based firm Wiggin & Dana and clerked for Supreme Court Justice David Souter. He graduated from Harvard University and earned his law degree from Yale Law School.

Furman is the second Obama nominee to be confirmed as a federal judge this week, after the Senate voted 94-5 Wednesday to approve Adalberto Jordan to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Obama's judicial nominations have frequently been a source of political tension in the Senate, particularly after Obama made several recess appointments in January that Republicans criticized as improper.

(Reporting by Joseph Ax)

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(A prior version of this story gave Furman's age as 49. He is 39.)