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Supreme Court of the United States: Chief Justices
Number of chief justices: 17
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)