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John G. Roberts, Jr.
1
Chief Justice
New York
09/28/2005 19:00
Bush (43)
John Jay
1
Chief Justice
New York
10/18/1789 19:00
Washington
06/28/1795 19:00
Resigned
John Rutledge
1
Chief Justice
South Carolina
08/11/1795 19:00
12/14/1795 18:00
Rejected
Oliver Ellsworth
1
Chief Justice
Connecticut
03/07/1796 18:00
Washington
12/14/1800 18:00
Resigned
John Marshall
1
Chief Justice
Virginia
02/04/1801 18:00
Adams, John
07/06/1835
Death
Roger B. Taney
1
Chief Justice
Maryland
03/27/1836 18:00
Jackson
10/11/1864 19:00
Death
Salmon P. Chase
1
Chief Justice
Ohio
12/14/1864 18:00
Lincoln
05/06/1873 19:00
Death
Morrison R. Waite
1
Chief Justice
Ohio
03/03/1874 18:00
Grant
03/22/1888 18:00
Death
Melville W. Fuller
1
Chief Justice
Illinois
10/07/1888 19:00
Cleveland
07/03/1910 18:00
Death
Edward D. White
1
Chief Justice
Louisiana
12/18/1910 18:00
05/18/1921 19:00
Death
William Howard Taft
1
Chief Justice
Connecticut
07/10/1921 19:00
Harding
02/02/1930 18:00
Retired
Charles E. Hughes
1
Chief Justice
New York
02/23/1930 18:00
06/29/1941 19:00
Retired
Harlan Fiske Stone
1
Chief Justice
New York
07/02/1941 19:00
04/21/1946 18:00
Death
Fred M. Vinson
1
Chief Justice
Kentucky
06/23/1946 19:00
Truman
09/07/1953 19:00
Death
Earl Warren
1
Chief Justice
California
10/04/1953 18:00
Eisenhower
06/22/1969 19:00
Retired
Warren E. Burger
1
Chief Justice
Virginia
06/22/1969 19:00
Nixon
09/25/1986 19:00
Retired
William H. Rehnquist
1
Chief Justice
Virginia
09/25/1986 19:00
09/02/2005 19:00
Death
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