Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-17
DAILY INDEPENDENT.
Only Seven Chief j Justices.


The Office Of Chief Justice of til,
Supreme Court Of the United State
- established by the constituno,
concurrently With the Office of Presi.
dent. but while the Presidency liza
been open to all native-born citizen:
above the age Of 80, the Office Of Chir
Justice of the Supreme Court, be
slowed usually upon men OF ma
ture, if not advanced years, has beef
held in fact by seven persons onl.
since the foundation of the Cover; :
ment. There have been more thai
three times rs many President.
John Jay of New York was the first
Chief Justice of the Supreme Coul
He was appointed by Washington IL
1889. Judge Jay WAS at that tim
A years of age. When he attaine,
the age OF SO he resigned and retired
to private life. He died thirty-fou
years later-in 1929. The second o
the Supreme Court Justices was job
Ellsworth Ut Connec icut. He wa
Ia years Of age when appointed an,
served until 1901, when he resigne :.
resignation FROM public Office bein!
somewhat more frequent at that tim'
than now. His successor was JONI
Marshall Of Virginia, who was A.
years Of age when he assumed thls
post by appointment of Presiden
John Adams. He held 1t uninter-
ruptedly for thirty-four years unit
his death in 1885. Andrew jackson
appointed his successor. Roger
fancy, of Maryland, who held the Of
fee until his death in 1864. Judge
fancy was 50 years of age when az
pointed and 81 at the time of hi
death.
mo Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court, perhaps had more intricate
questions to determine or to vote up
on in that tribunal than did Judge
fancy, and his tenure and that of
Chief Justice Marshall stretch over
nearly one-half OF the history of the
United States as a nation. Chief
Justice Taney's successor was Sal
mon P. Chase of Ohio, who had pre-
viously been Secretary of the Treas
ury, and was Sc years Of age when
appointed. He served for 9 years
dying in 1873. Mr.. Chase was hlm-
self n candidate for the Presidency,
and had hoped to defeat Mr.. Lincoln
for denomination and to succeed him,
and later, in 1868, it is known that
Mr.. Chase was a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the Presi
dency, though he had been one OF the
founders Of the Republican party
Chief Justice Chase was succeeded
in 1873 by President Grants appoint.
ment Of another Ohio man, Morrison
r. Waite, who was 81 years Of age
when appointed, and served until
1888 when he was succeeded by the
present Chief Justice, Melville w.
Fuller, appointed by President Cleve-
land. Mr.. Fuller is native Of Maine.
He was, whom appointed, IS years Of
age, and was Cd on Feb. IL, 1897. He
is the seventh Of the Chief Justices Of
tue Supreme Court, and has served
thus far briefer term than any of his
predecessors since Chief Justice Els
worth.
In addition to tho Chief Justices
who have served 80 veral men have
been nominated, but rejected
by the Senate, which has contirma-
tory power. The office of Chief JUS.
tice is by many citizens more highly
coveted than that Of the Presidency
The labor is less, the responsibility
much smaller, tenure much longer
and the honor an exalted one.-N,
Y. Sun.
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