US History/Chief Justices

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  1: John Jay, served October 19, 1789–June 29, 1795
  Appointed by: George Washington
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  3: Oliver Ellsworth, served March 8, 1796–December 15, 1800
  Appointed by: George Washington
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  4: John Marshall, served February 4, 1801–July 6, 1835†
  Appointed by: John Adams
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  5: Roger B. Taney, served March 28, 1836–October 12, 1864†
  Appointed by: Andrew Jackson
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  6: Salmon P. Chase, served December 15, 1864–May 7, 1873†
  Appointed by: Abraham Lincoln
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  7: Morrison Waite, served March 4, 1874–March 23, 1888†
  Appointed by: Ulysses S. Grant
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  8: Melville Fuller, served October 8, 1888–July 4, 1910†
  Appointed by: Grover Cleveland
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  9: Edward Douglass White, served December 19, 1910–May 19, 1921†
  Appointed by: William Howard Taft
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  10: William Howard Taft, served July 11, 1921–February 3, 1930
  Appointed by: Warren G. Harding
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  11: Charles Evans Hughes, served February 24, 1930–June 30, 1941
  Appointed by: Herbert Hoover
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  12: Harlan Fiske Stone, served July 3, 1941–April 22, 1946†
  Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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  13: Frederick Moore Vinson, served June 24, 1946–September 8, 1953†
  Appointed by: Harry S. Truman
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  14: Earl Warren, served October 5, 1953–June 23, 1969
  Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower
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  15: Warren Earl Burger, served June 23, 1969–September 26, 1986
  Appointed by: Richard Nixon
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  16: William Rehnquist, served September 26, 1986–September 3, 2005†
  Appointed by: Ronald Reagan
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  17: John Roberts, served September 29, 2005–present
  Appointed by: George W. Bush

† Died in office.