Adams said that the distinctions were necessary because the highest office of the United States must be marked with 'dignity and splendor' to command respect. Washington quietly expressed his displeasure with the fuss and rarely consulted Adams. Adams appointed two U.S. Supreme Court associate justices during his term in office: Bushrod Washington, the nephew of American founding father and President George Washington, and Alfred Moore. After the retirement of Ellsworth due to ill health in 1800, it fell to Adams to appoint the Court's fourth Chief Justice. At the time, it was not yet certain whether Jefferson or Burr would win the election.