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Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court
1st - John Jay (New York), 1789-1795 Image
Appointed by: George Washington Tenure on the Court: 1789-95 Quick fact: Congress originally authorized five justices on the Supreme Court, increasing it to six in 1790. 2nd - John Rutledge (South Carolina), 1795 Image
Appointed by: George Washington Tenure on the Court: 1790-91, 1795 3rd - Oliver Ellsworth (Connecticut), 1796-1800 Image
Appointed by: George Washington Tenure on the Court: 1796-1800 4th - John Marshall (Virginia), 1801-1835 Image
Appointed by: John Adams Tenure on the Court: 1789-95, 1801-35 Noted Cases: Marbury v. Madison, Barron v. Baltimore, Gibbons v. Ogden Quick fact: Longest serving Chief Justice, established the Court's right to interpret the Constitution (doctrine of Judicial Review) in 1803. Congress authorized a seventh justice in 1807. The Liberty Bell purportedly cracked tolling his death. 5th - Roger B. Taney (Maryland), 1836-1864 Image
Appointed by: Andrew Jackson Tenure on the Court: 1836-64 Noted Cases: Scott v. Sanford (Dred Scott) Quick fact: Congress added the eighth and ninth justices in 1837, and a 10th in 1863. The tenth seat was abolished in 1865. 6th - Salmon P. Chase (Ohio), 1864-1873 Image
Appointed by: Abraham Lincoln Tenure on the Court: 1864-73 Quick fact: Congress reduced the justices on the Court to seven in 1867 to prevent President Johnson from appointing any members. The two seats were restored in 1869 when Johnson left office, and the Court has remained at nine justices since then. 7th - Morrison R. Waite (Ohio), 1874-1888 Image 8th - Melville W. Fuller (Illinois), 1888-1910 Image
Appointed by: Grover Cleveland Tenure on the Court: 1888-1910 Noted Cases: Plessy v. Ferguson, Adair v. U.S. Quick fact: In 1891, Congress abolished the requirement that Supreme Court justices ride circuit. 9th - Edward D. White (Louisiana), 1910-1921 Image 10th - William Howard Taft (Connecticut), 1921-1930 Image
Appointed by: Warren G. Harding Tenure on the Court: 1921-30 Quick fact: Taft had previously served as the 27th president of the United States. 11th - Charles Evans Hughes (New York), 1930-1941 Image
Appointed by: Herbert Hoover Tenure on the Court: 1910-16, 30-41 Noted Cases: Near v. Minnesota Quick fact: Hughes had stepped down as Associate Justice in 1916 to run for president. It was during Hughes' tenure that FDR tried to "pack" the Court with additional justices favorable to New Deal policies. 12th - Harlan F. Stone (New York), 1941-1946 Image
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt Tenure on the Court: 1925-46 Noted Cases: WV Bd. of Education v. Barnette, Wickard v. Filburn 13th - Frederick M. Vinson (Kentucky), 1946-1953 Image 14th - Earl Warren (California), 1953-1969 Image
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Tenure on the Court: 1953-69 Noted Cases: Brown v. Bd. of Education, Griswold v. Connecticut, Miranda v. Arizona Quick fact: An activist liberal on the Court, Warren had been the moving force in California behind the unfortunate relocation of Japanese-Americans during WWII. His reign as Chief Justice was a disappointment to Ike. 15th - Warren E. Burger (Virginia), 1969-1986 Image
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon Tenure on the Court: 1969-87 Noted Cases: Roe v. Wade, Furman v. Georgia, Univ. California v. Bakke 16th - William H. Rehnquist (Arizona), 1986-2005 Image
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan Tenure on the Court: 1972-2005 Noted Cases: Boy Scouts of America v. Dale 17th - John G. Roberts, Jr. (New York), 2005-Present Image
Appointed by: George W. Bush Tenure on the Court: 2005- |
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