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

|colspan="3"|Chief Justice|class = "unsortable"|Date confirmed (Vote)|Tenure|Tenure length|Appointed by|class = "unsortable"|Prior position||
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|data-sort-value="Jay, John"|1||John Jay (1745–1829)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">September 26, 1789</span> (Acclamation)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">June 29, 1795</span>||rowspan=3 data-sort-value="Washington, George"|George Washington|Acting United States Secretary of State (1789–1790)|
|data-sort-value="Rutledge, John"|2||John Rutledge (1739–1800)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;>_December 15, 1795_</span> (_10–14_)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">December 28, 1795</span>||Chief Justice of the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas and Sessions (1791–1795) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1789–1791)|||
|data-sort-value="Ellsworth, Oliver"|3||Oliver Ellsworth (1745–1807)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">March 4, 1796</span> (21–1)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">December 15, 1800</span>||United States Senator from Connecticut (1789–1796)|||
|data-sort-value="Marshall, John"|4||John Marshall (1755–1835)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">January 27, 1801</span> (acclamation)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">July 6, 1835</span>||data-sort-value="Adams, John"|John Adams|4th United States Secretary of State (1800–1801)|
|data-sort-value="Taney, Roger"|5||Roger B. Taney (1777–1864)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;"> March 15, 1836</span> (29–15)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;"></span> – <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">October 12, 1864</span>||data-sort-value="Jackson, Andrew"|Andrew Jackson|12th United States Secretary of the Treasury (1833–1834)|
|data-sort-value="Chase, Salmon P."|6||Salmon P. Chase (1808–1873)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">December 6, 1864</span> (acclamation)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">May 7, 1873</span>||data-sort-value="Lincoln, Abraham"|Abraham Lincoln|25th United States Secretary of the Treasury (1861–1864)|
|data-sort-value="Waite, Morrison"|7||Morrison Waite (1816–1888)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">January 21, 1874</span> (63–0)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">March 23, 1888</span>||data-sort-value="Grant, Ulysses S."|Ulysses S. Grant|Ohio State Senator (1849–1850) Presiding officer, Ohio constitutional convention (1873)|
|data-sort-value="Fuller, Melville"|8||Melville Fuller (1833–1910)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">July 20, 1888</span> (41–20)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">July 4, 1910</span>||data-sort-value="Cleveland, Grover"|Grover Cleveland|President, Illinois State Bar Association (1886) Illinois State Representative (1863–1865)|
|data-sort-value="White, Edward D."|9||Edward Douglass White (1845–1921)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">December 12, 1910</span> (acclamation)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">May 19, 1921</span>||data-sort-value="Taft, William Howard"|William Howard Taft|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1894–1910)|
|data-sort-value="Taft, William H."|10||William Howard Taft (1857–1930)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">June 30, 1921</span> (acclamation)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">February 3, 1930</span>||data-sort-value="Harding, Warren G."|Warren G. Harding|27th President of the United States (1909–1913)|
|data-sort-value="Hughes, Charles E."|11||Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">February 13, 1930</span> (52–26)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">June 30, 1941</span>||data-sort-value="Hoover, Herbert"|Herbert Hoover|44th United States Secretary of State (1921–1925) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1910–1916)|
|data-sort-value="Stone, Harlan F."|12||Harlan F. Stone (1872–1946)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">June 27, 1941</span> (acclamation)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">April 22, 1946</span>||data-sort-value="Roosevelt, Franklin D."|Franklin D. Roosevelt|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1925–1941)|
|data-sort-value="Vinson, Fred M."|13||Fred M. Vinson (1890–1953)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">June 20, 1946</span> (acclamation)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">September 8, 1953 </span>||data-sort-value="Truman, Harry S."|Harry S. Truman|53rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (1945–1946)|
|data-sort-value="Warren, Earl"|14||Earl Warren (1891–1974)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">March 1, 1954</span> (acclamation)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">June 23, 1969</span>||data-sort-value="Eisenhower, Dwight D."|Dwight D. Eisenhower|30th Governor of California (1943–1953)|
|data-sort-value="Burger, Warren E."|15||Warren E. Burger (1907–1995)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">June 9, 1969</span> (74–3)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">September 26, 1986</span>||data-sort-value="Nixon, Richard"|Richard Nixon|Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1956–1969)|
|data-sort-value="Rehnquist, William"|16||William Rehnquist (1924–2005)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">September 17, 1986</span> (65–33)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">September 3, 2005</span>||data-sort-value="Reagan, Ronald"|Ronald Reagan|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1972–1986)|
|data-sort-value="Roberts, John"|17||John Roberts (born 1955)|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">September 29, 2005</span> (78–22)|– <span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">Incumbent</span>||data-sort-value="Bush, George W."|George W. Bush|Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2003–2005)|