Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of the United States.

They have no more powers than any of the other judges of the Supreme Court, who are called Associate Justices. The Chief Justice is responsible for organizing the Court's schedules and administration.

By tradition, the Chief Justice administers the oath of office to the President of the United States. The only time this has not happened is when Calvin Coolidge became president.

List of Chief Justices

§ Recess appointment, later rejected by the Senate on December 15, 1795
¤ Previously served as an Associate Justice, but at a time disconnected to service as Chief Justice
° Elevated from Associate Justice
♦ Also served as U.S. President
† Died in office

No.	Chief Justice	Image	Term of Office	Nominated by President
1	John Jay	80px	October 19, 1789–June 29, 1795	George Washington
2	John Rutledge §, ¤	80px	July 1, 1795–December 28, 1795
3	Oliver Ellsworth	80px	March 8, 1796–December 15, 1800
4	John Marshall	80px	February 4, 1801–July 6, 1835†	John Adams (F)
5	Roger Brooke Taney	80px	March 28, 1836–October 12, 1864†	Andrew Jackson (D)
6	Salmon Portland Chase	80px	December 15, 1864–May 7, 1873†	Abraham Lincoln (R)
7	Morrison Remick Waite	80px	March 4, 1874–March 23, 1888†	Ulysses S. Grant (R)
8	Melville Weston Fuller	80px	October 8, 1888–July 4, 1910†	Grover Cleveland (D)
9	Edward Douglass White °	80px	December 19, 1910–May 19, 1921†	William Howard Taft (R)
10	William Howard Taft ♦	80px	July 11, 1921–February 3, 1930	Warren G. Harding (R)
11	Charles Evans Hughes ¤	80px	February 24, 1930–June 30, 1941	Herbert Hoover (R)
12	Harlan Fiske Stone °	80px	July 3, 1941–April 22, 1946†	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
13	Frederick Moore Vinson	80px	June 24, 1946–September 8, 1953†	Harry S. Truman (D)
14	Earl Warren	80px	October 5, 1953–June 23, 1969	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
15	Warren Earl Burger	80px	June 23, 1969–September 26, 1986	Richard Nixon (R)
16	William Hubbs Rehnquist °	80px	September 26, 1986–September 3, 2005†	Ronald Reagan (R)
17	John Glover Roberts, Jr.	80px	September 29, 2005–present	George W. Bush (R)