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Supreme Court Chief Justices
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12th Grade
12/31/2007

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John Jay
Definition
  • 1st Chief Justice
  • October 19,1789-June 29,1795
  • Nominated by George Washington
  • Succeeded by John Rutledge
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John Rutledge
Definition
  • 2nd Chief Justice
  • Nominated by George Washington
  • July 1, 1795- December 15, 1795
  • Preceeded by John Jay
  • Suceeded by Oliver Ellsworth
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Oliver Ellsworth
Definition
  • 3rd Chief Justice
  • March 8, 1796-December 15, 1800
  • Nominated by George Washington
  • Preceded by John Rutledge
  • Suceeded by John Marshall
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John Marshall
Definition
  • 4th Chief Justice
  • February 4, 1801-July 6, 1835
  • Nominated by John Adams
  • Preceded by Oliver Ellsworth
  • Succeeded by Roger B. Taney
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Roger B. Taney
Definition
  • 5th Chief Justice
  • March 28, 1836- October 12, 1864
  • Nominated by Andrew Jackson
  • Preceded by John Marshall
  • Succeeded by Salmon P. Chase
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Salmon P. Chase
Definition
  • 6th Chief Justice
  • December 15, 1864- May 7, 1873
  • Nominated by Abraham Lincoln
  • Preceded by Roger B. Taney
  • Succeeded by Morrison R. Waite
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Morrison Waite
Definition
  • 7th Chief Justice
  • March 4, 1874- March 23, 1888
  • Nominated by Ulysses S. Grant
  • Preceded by Salmon P. Chase
  • Succeeded by Melville Fuller
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Melville Fuller
Definition
  • 8th Chief Justice
  • October 8, 1888- July 4, 1910
  • Nominated by Grover Cleveland
  • Preceded by Morrison Waite
  • Succeeded by Edward Douglass White
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Edward Douglass White
Definition
  • 9th Chief Justice
  • December 19, 1910- May 19, 1921
  • Nominated William Howard Taft
  • Preceded by Melville Fuller
  • Succeeded by William Howard Taft
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William Howard Taft
Definition
  • 10th Chief Justice
  • July 11, 1921- February 3, 1930
  • Nominated by Warren G. Harding
  • Preceded by Edward Douglass White
  • Succeeded by Charles Evans Hughes
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Charles Evans Hughes

 

Definition
  • 11th Chief Justice
  • February 24, 1930- June 30, 1941
  • Nominated by Herbert Hoover
  • Preceded by William Howard Taft
  • Succeeded by Harlan Fiske Stone
Term
Harlan Fiske Stone
Definition
  • 12th Chief Justice
  • July 3, 1941- April 22, 1946
  • Nominated by FDR
  • Preceded by Charles Evans Hughes
  • Succeeded by Fred M. Vinson
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Fred Vinson
Definition
  • 13th Chief Justice
  • June 24, 1946- September 8, 1853
  • Nominated by Harry S. Truman
  • Preceded by Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Succeeded by Earl Warren
Term
Earl Warren
Definition
  • 14th Chief Justice
  • October 5, 1853- June 23, 1969
  • Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Preceded by Fred M. Vinson
  • Succeeded by Warren E. Burger
Term
Warren Earl Burger
Definition
  • 15th Chief Justice
  • June 23, 1969-September 26, 1986
  • Nominated by Richard Nixon
  • Preceded by Earl Warren
  • Succeeded by William Rehnquist
Term
William Hubbs Rehnquist
Definition
  • 16th Chief Justice
  • September 26, 1986- September 3, 2005
  • Nominated by Ronald Reagan
  • Preceded by Warren Burger
  • Succeeded by John Roberts
Term
John Roberts
Definition
  • 17th Chief Justice
  • September 29, 2005
  • Nominated by George W. Bush
  • Preceded by William Rehnquist
  • Incumbent
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