Chief Justice

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List of Chief Justices of the United States

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Chief Justice

Term of Service as Chief Justice

Appointed by

17

 John Glover Roberts, Jr.

 2005–Present

George W. Bush

16

William Hubbs Rehnquist

1986–2005

Ronald Reagan

15

Warren Earl Burger

1969–1986

Richard Nixon

14

Earl Warren

1953–1969

Dwight D. Eisenhower

13

            Frederick Moore Vinson

1946–1953

Harry S. Truman

12

Harlan Fiske Stone

1941–1946

Franklin D. Roosevelt

11

Charles Evans Hughes

1930–1941

Herbert Hoover

10

William Howard Taft

1921–1930

Warren G. Harding

9

Edward Douglass White

1910–1921

William Howard Taft

8

Melville Weston Fuller

1888–1910

Grover Cleveland

7

Morrison Remick Waite

1874–1888

Ulysses S. Grant

6

Salmon Portland Chase

1864–1873

Abraham Lincoln

5

Roger Brooke Taney

1836–1864

Andrew Jackson

4

John Marshall

1801–1835

John Adams

3

Oliver Ellsworth

1796–1800

George Washington

2

John Rutledge

1795–1795

George Washington

1

John Jay

1789–1795

George Washington

 


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