Chief Justice of the United States facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Chief Justice of the United States
Incumbent John Roberts since September 29, 2005
Style	The Honorable (formal) Mr. Chief Justice (informal) Your Honor (when addressed directly in court)
Appointer	Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Term length	Life tenure
Constituting instrument	U.S. Constitution
Inaugural holder	John Jay as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court September 26, 1789
Formation	March 4, 1789

The Chief Justice of the United States is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of the United States.

He has no more powers than any of the other judges of the Supreme Court, who are called Associate Justices. The Chief Justice is responsible for organising the Court's schedules and administration.

By tradition, the Chief Justice administers the oath of office to the President when the president starts his time as president. The only time this has not happened is when Calvin Coolidge became president.

List of Chief Justices

§ Recess appointment, later rejected by the Senate on December 15, 1795
¤ Previously served as an Associate Justice, but at a time disconnected to service as Chief Justice
° Elevated from Associate Justice
♦ Also served as U.S. President
† Died in office

No.	Chief Justice	Image	Term of Office	Nominated by President
1	John Jay		October 19, 1789–June 29, 1795	George Washington
2	John Rutledge §, ¤		July 1, 1795–December 28, 1795
3	Oliver Ellsworth		March 8, 1796–December 15, 1800
4	John Marshall		February 4, 1801–July 6, 1835†	John Adams (F)
5	Roger Brooke Taney		March 28, 1836–October 12, 1864†	Andrew Jackson (D)
6	Salmon Portland Chase		December 15, 1864–May 7, 1873†	Abraham Lincoln (R)
7	Morrison Remick Waite		March 4, 1874–March 23, 1888†	Ulysses S. Grant (R)
8	Melville Weston Fuller		October 8, 1888–July 4, 1910†	Grover Cleveland (D)
9	Edward Douglass White °		December 19, 1910–May 19, 1921†	William Howard Taft (R)
10	William Howard Taft ♦		July 11, 1921–February 3, 1930	Warren G. Harding (R)
11	Charles Evans Hughes ¤		February 24, 1930–June 30, 1941	Herbert Hoover (R)
12	Harlan Fiske Stone °		July 3, 1941–April 22, 1946†	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
13	Frederick Moore Vinson		June 24, 1946–September 8, 1953†	Harry S. Truman (D)
14	Earl Warren		October 5, 1953–June 23, 1969	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
15	Warren Earl Burger		June 23, 1969–September 26, 1986	Richard Nixon (R)
16	William Hubbs Rehnquist °		September 26, 1986–September 3, 2005†	Ronald Reagan (R)
17	John Glover Roberts, Jr.		September 29, 2005–present	George W. Bush (R)

See also

In Spanish: Presidente de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos para niños