Chief Justice of the United States

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==List of chief justices==
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, the following 17 men have served as Chief Justice:
Chief Justice	Chief Justice	Chief Justice 	Date confirmed(Vote) 	Tenure	Tenure length 	Appointed by 	Prior position
1 	 	John Jay(1745–1829) 	September 26, 1789(Acclamation)	October 19, 1789
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June 29, 1795
(Resigned)	5 years, 253 days 	George Washington 	ActingUnited States Secretary of State(1789–1790)
2 	 	John Rutledge(1739–1800) 	December 15, 1795(10–14) 	August 12, 1795
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December 28, 1795
(Resigned, nomination having been rejected)	138 days 	George Washington 	Chief Justice of theSouth Carolina Court ofCommon Pleas and Sessions(1791–1795)Associate Justiceof the Supreme Court(1789–1791)
3 	 	Oliver Ellsworth(1745–1807) 	March 4, 1796(21–1) 	March 8, 1796
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December 15, 1800
(Resigned)	4 years, 282 days 	George Washington 	United States Senatorfrom Connecticut(1789–1796)
4 	 	John Marshall(1755–1835) 	January 27, 1801(Acclamation) 	February 4, 1801
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July 6, 1835
(Died)	34 years, 152 days	John Adams 	4thUnited States Secretary of State(1800–1801)
5 	 	Roger B. Taney(1777–1864) 	March 15, 1836(29–15) 	March 28, 1836
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October 12, 1864
(Died)	28 years, 198 days	Andrew Jackson 	12thUnited States Secretaryof the Treasury(1833–1834)
6 	 	Salmon P. Chase(1808–1873) 	December 6, 1864(Acclamation) 	December 15, 1864
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May 7, 1873
(Died)	8 years, 143 days 	Abraham Lincoln 	25thUnited States Secretaryof the Treasury(1861–1864)
7 	 	Morrison Waite(1816–1888) 	January 21, 1874(63–0) 	March 4, 1874
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March 23, 1888
(Died)	14 years, 19 days 	Ulysses S. Grant 	Ohio State Senator(1849–1850)Presiding officer,Ohio constitutional convention(1873)
8 	 	Melville Fuller(1833–1910) 	July 20, 1888(41–20) 	October 8, 1888
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July 4, 1910
(Died)	21 years, 269 days	Grover Cleveland 	President,Illinois State Bar Association(1886)Illinois State Representative(1863–1865)
9 	 	Edward Douglass White(1845–1921) 	December 12, 1910
(Acclamation)	December 19, 1910
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May 19, 1921
(Died)	10 years, 151 days	William Howard Taft 	Associate Justiceof the Supreme Court(1894–1910)
10 	 	William Howard Taft(1857–1930) 	June 30, 1921(Acclamation) 	July 11, 1921
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February 3, 1930
(Resigned)	8 years, 207 days 	Warren G. Harding 	27thPresident of the United States(1909–1913)
11 	 	Charles Evans Hughes(1862–1948) 	February 13, 1930(52–26) 	February 24, 1930
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June 30, 1941
(Retired)	11 years, 126 days	Herbert Hoover 	44thUnited States Secretary of State(1921–1925)Associate Justiceof the Supreme Court(1910–1916)
12 	 	Harlan F. Stone(1872–1946) 	June 27, 1941
(Acclamation) 	July 3, 1941
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April 22, 1946
(Died)	4 years, 293 days 	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Associate Justiceof the Supreme Court(1925–1941)
13 	 	Fred M. Vinson(1890–1953) 	June 20, 1946(Acclamation) 	June 24, 1946
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September 8, 1953
(Died)	7 years, 76 days 	Harry S. Truman 	53rdUnited States Secretaryof the Treasury(1945–1946)
14 	 	Earl Warren(1891–1974) 	March 1, 1954(Acclamation) 	October 5, 1953
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June 23, 1969
(Retired)	15 years, 261 days	Dwight D. Eisenhower 	30thGovernor of California(1943–1953)
15 	 	Warren E. Burger(1907–1995) 	June 9, 1969(74–3) 	June 23, 1969
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September 26, 1986
(Retired)	17 years, 95 days 	Richard Nixon 	Judge of theUnited States Court of Appealsfor the District of Columbia Circuit(1956–1969)
16 	 	William Rehnquist(1924–2005) 	September 17, 1986
(65–33) 	September 26, 1986
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September 3, 2005
(Died)	18 years, 342 days	Ronald Reagan 	Associate Justiceof the Supreme Court(1972–1986)
17 	 	John Roberts(1955-2036) 	September 29, 2005(78–22) 	September 29, 2005
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December 8, 2036
(Assassinated)	31 years, 9 days 	George W. Bush 	Judge of theUnited States Court of Appealsfor the District of Columbia Circuit(2003–2005)
18 	 	Brett Kavanaugh 	December 25, 2036(51-49) 	December 25, 2036
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June 1, 2065
(Died)	 	Andrew Yang 	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court(2018-2036)
19 	 	William Gates 	June 4, 2065(51-49) 	June 4, 2065
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August 10, 2080
(Died)	 	Walter Copan 	Judge of theUnited States Court of Appealsfor the First Circuit(2060-2065)
20 	 	James Casta Tejedor
(2058-2100) 	August 20, 2080(Acclamation) 	August 20, 2080
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September 26, 2110
(Died)	 	Richard Ojeda 	Lawyer
21 	 	John William Writtenwatch(2102-2470)	March 14, 2117(Acclamation) 	March 14, 2117
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July 22, 2470
(Died)	353 years, 8 days 	Garret Columbia 	111th Attorney General
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22 	 	Augustus Garcia(2413-2471) 	July 31, 2470(Acclamation) 	July 31, 2470
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January 1, 2471
(Murdered)	154 days 	Obadiah Gorbachev 	Judge of theUnited States Court of Appealsfor the Seventh Circuit(2458-2470)
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