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