History of the Federal Judiciary


  Supreme Court of the United States

   Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
Number of chief justices who have served on the Court: 17
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Jay, John (1789-1795)
Rutledge, John (1795)
Ellsworth, Oliver (1796-1800)
Marshall, John (1801-1835)
Taney, Roger Brooke (1836-1864)
Chase, Salmon Portland (1864-1873)
Waite, Morrison Remick (1874-1888)
Fuller, Melville Weston (1888-1910)
White, Edward Douglass (1910-1921)
Taft, William Howard (1921-1930)
Hughes, Charles Evans (1930-1941)
Stone, Harlan Fiske (1941-1946)
Vinson, Frederick Moore (1946-1953)
Warren, Earl (1953-1969)
Burger, Warren Earl (1969-1986)
Rehnquist, William Hubbs (1986-2005)
Roberts, John Glover Jr. (2005-present)

 

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