Chief Justices of the United States#

History of the Court

Timeline of Justices

Chief Justice Rehnquist on Chief Justices

* Recess appointment, later rejected by the Senate
** Was elevated from Associate Justice
*** Also served as U.S. President
§ Served previously as Associate Justice
§§ Historians disagree as to whether he resigned or declined the commission ([2])
† Died in office
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No.	Chief Justice	Image	Term of Office	Appointed by President
1	John Jay		October 19, 1789–June 29, 1795	George Washington
2	John Rutledge*§		July 1, 1795–December 15, 1795	George Washington
	William Cushing**§§		February 3, 1796–February 5, 1796	George Washington
3	Oliver Ellsworth		March 8, 1796–December 15, 1800	George Washington
4	John Marshall		February 4, 1801–July 6, 1835†	John Adams (F)
5	Roger Brooke Taney		March 28, 1836–October 12, 1864†	Andrew Jackson (D)
6	Salmon Portland Chase		December 15, 1864–May 7, 1873†	Abraham Lincoln (R)
7	Morrison Remick Waite		March 4, 1874–March 23, 1888†	Ulysses S. Grant (R)
8	Melville Weston Fuller		October 8, 1888–July 4, 1910†	Grover Cleveland (D)
9	Edward Douglass White**		December 19, 1910–May 19, 1921†	William Howard Taft (R)
10	William Howard Taft***		July 11, 1921–February 3, 1930	Warren G. Harding (R)
11	Charles Evans Hughes §		February 24, 1930–June 30, 1941	Herbert Hoover (R)
12	Harlan Fiske Stone**		July 3, 1941–April 22, 1946†	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
13	Frederick Moore Vinson		June 24, 1946–September 8, 1953†	Harry S Truman (D)
14	Earl Warren		October 5, 1953–June 23, 1969	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
15	Warren Earl Burger		June 23, 1969–September 26, 1986	Richard Nixon (R)
16	William Hubbs Rehnquist**		September 26, 1986–September 3, 2005†	Ronald Reagan (R)
17	John Glover Roberts, Jr.		September 29, 2005–present	George W. Bush (R)