Chief Justice of the United States

Table columns:
Chief Justice
Chief Justice.1
Chief Justice.2
Date confirmed (Vote)
Tenure[a]
Tenure length
Appointed by
Prior position[b]

Table rows:
cells: 1
John Jay (1745–1829)
September 26, 1789 (Acclamation)
000000001789-10-19-0000October 19, 1789 – June 29, 1795 (Resigned)
5 years, 253 days
George Washington
Acting United States Secretary of State (1789–1790)
cells: 2
John Rutledge (1739–1800)
December 15, 1795 (10–14)[c]
000000001795-08-12-0000August 12, 1795[d] – December 28, 1795 (Resigned, nomination having been rejected)
138 days
Chief Justice of the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas and Sessions (1791–1795) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1789–1791)
cells: 3
Oliver Ellsworth (1745–1807)
March 4, 1796 (21–1)
000000001796-03-08-0000March 8, 1796 – December 15, 1800 (Resigned)
4 years, 282 days
United States Senator from Connecticut (1789–1796)
cells: 4
John Marshall (1755–1835)
January 27, 1801 (Acclamation)
000000001801-02-04-0000February 4, 1801 – July 6, 1835 (Died)
34 years, 152 days
John Adams
4th United States Secretary of State (1800–1801)
cells: 5
Roger B. Taney (1777–1864)
March 15, 1836 (29–15)
000000001836-03-28-0000March 28, 1836 – October 12, 1864 (Died)
28 years, 198 days
Andrew Jackson
12th United States Secretary of the Treasury (1833–1834)
cells: 6
Salmon P. Chase (1808–1873)
December 6, 1864 (Acclamation)
000000001864-12-15-0000December 15, 1864 – May 7, 1873 (Died)
8 years, 143 days
Abraham Lincoln
25th United States Secretary of the Treasury (1861–1864)
cells: 7
Morrison Waite (1816–1888)
January 21, 1874 (63–0)
000000001874-03-04-0000March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888 (Died)
14 years, 19 days
Ulysses S. Grant
Ohio State Senator (1849–1850) Presiding officer, Ohio constitutional convention (1873)
cells: 8
Melville Fuller (1833–1910)
July 20, 1888 (41–20)
000000001888-10-08-0000October 8, 1888 – July 4, 1910 (Died)
21 years, 269 days
Grover Cleveland
President, Illinois State Bar Association (1886) Illinois State Representative (1863–1865)
cells: 9
Edward Douglass White (1845–1921)
December 12, 1910[e] (Acclamation)
000000001910-12-19-0000December 19, 1910 – May 19, 1921 (Died)
10 years, 151 days
William Howard Taft
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1894–1910)
cells: 10
William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
June 30, 1921 (Acclamation)
000000001921-07-11-0000July 11, 1921 – February 3, 1930 (Retired)
8 years, 207 days
Warren G. Harding
27th President of the United States (1909–1913)
cells: 11
Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948)
February 13, 1930 (52–26)
000000001930-02-24-0000February 24, 1930 – June 30, 1941 (Retired)
11 years, 126 days
Herbert Hoover
44th United States Secretary of State (1921–1925) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1910–1916)
cells: 12
Harlan F. Stone (1872–1946)
June 27, 1941[e] (Acclamation)
000000001941-07-03-0000July 3, 1941 – April 22, 1946 (Died)
4 years, 293 days
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1925–1941)
cells: 13
Fred M. Vinson (1890–1953)
June 20, 1946 (Acclamation)
000000001946-06-24-0000June 24, 1946 – September 8, 1953 (Died)
7 years, 76 days
Harry S. Truman
53rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (1945–1946)
cells: 14
Earl Warren (1891–1974)
March 1, 1954 (Acclamation)
000000001953-10-05-0000October 5, 1953[d] – June 23, 1969 (Retired)
15 years, 261 days
Dwight D. Eisenhower
30th Governor of California (1943–1953)
cells: 15
Warren E. Burger (1907–1995)
June 9, 1969 (74–3)
000000001969-06-23-0000June 23, 1969 – September 26, 1986 (Retired)
17 years, 95 days
Richard Nixon
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1956–1969)
cells: 16
William Rehnquist (1924–2005)
September 17, 1986[e] (65–33)
000000001986-09-26-0000September 26, 1986 – September 3, 2005 (Died)
18 years, 342 days
Ronald Reagan
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1972–1986)
cells: 17
John Roberts (born 1955)
September 29, 2005 (78–22)
000000002005-09-29-0000September 29, 2005 – Incumbent
12 years, 240 days
George W. Bush
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2003–2005)

Questions about this table:
originalText: who is the chief justice of the united states now in 2017
answer: answerTexts: John Roberts