Chief Justice of the United States
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English: The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the Supreme Court of the United States.
[edit] List of Chief Justices
- The chronologically ordered portraits of all Chief Justice of the United States
.jpg) 1. John Jay (1789-1795) |
 2. John Rutledge*§ (1795-1795) |
 William Cushing**§§ (1795) |
 3. Oliver Ellsworth (1795-1800) |
 4. John Marshall (1801-1835) |
 5. Roger Brooke Taney (1836)–(1864) |
 6. Salmon Portland Chase (1864–1873) |
 7. Morrison Remick Waite (1874–1888) |
 8. Melville Weston Fuller (1888–1910) |
 9. Edward Douglass White** (1910–1921) |
 10. William Howard Taft*** (1921–1930) |
 11. Charles Evans Hughes§ (1930–1941) |
 12. Harlan Fiske Stone** (1941-1946) |
 13. Frederick Moore Vinson (1946–1953) |
 14. Earl Warren (1953–1969) |
 15. Warren Earl Burger (1969–1986) |
 16. William Hubbs Rehnquist** (1986–2005) |
 17. John Glover Roberts, Jr. (2005–present) |
- * 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 (Law.com)
