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List of Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court

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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

*Denotes a chief justice at some point in time.

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