Chief Justice of the United States
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Chief Justice of the United States |
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Acting Chief Justice John Roberts since September 29, 2005 |
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Supreme Court Building , Washington, DC , United States
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| Term of office | for lifetime |
| Chairman of | Supreme Court |
| Head of | Federal courts |
| Appointed | The President confirmed and by the Senate |
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The Honorable (formally) Mr. Chief Justice (informal) Your Honor (in court) |
| Previous official title | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1789-1866) |
| website | www.supremecourt.gov |
The Chief Justice of the United States / ʧiːf ʤʌstɪs / ( German Supreme Justice of the United States ) is the nominal head of the federal courts of the United States . The incumbent has been John Roberts since September 29, 2005 .
The chief responsibility of the Chief Justice is to preside over the Supreme Court . However, when the court makes decisions, he has no higher voting rights than any of his eight colleagues. The office is therefore primus inter pares . In addition, he traditionally takes the oath of office from the president on inauguration and presides over impeachment proceedings by the Senate against the president or his vice-president . He also chairs the United States Court Conference. The law also assigns him various other administrative tasks.
Like all federal judges, the Chief Justice is appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate. Some chairmen, such as William Howard Taft or John Roberts , received the office without prior , others such as William H. Rehnquist after previous work at the Supreme Court.
Previous incumbent
| No. | picture | Chief Justice | Term of office | nominated by |
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| 1 |  |
John Jay | October 19, 1789–29. June 1795 | George Washington |
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John Rutledge | August 12, 1795-15. December 1795 | George Washington |
| 3 |  |
Oliver Ellsworth | March 8, 1796-15. December 1800 | George Washington |
| 4th |  |
John Marshall | February 4, 1801-6. July 1835 | John Adams |
| 5 |  |
Roger Brooke Taney | March 28, 1836-12. October 1864 | Andrew Jackson |
| 6th |  |
Salmon Portland Chase | December 15, 1864-7. May 1873 | Abraham Lincoln |
| 7th |  |
Morrison Remick Waite | March 4, 1874-23. March 1888 | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 8th |  |
Melville Weston Fuller | October 8, 1888–4. July 1910 | Grover Cleveland |
| 9 |  |
Edward Douglass White | December 19, 1910-19. May 1921 | William Howard Taft |
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William Howard Taft | July 11, 1921–3. February 1930 | Warren G. Harding |
| 11 |  |
Charles Evans Hughes | February 24, 1930-30. June 1941 | Herbert Hoover |
| 12th |  |
Harlan Fiske Stone | July 3, 1941-22. April 1946 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 13th |  |
Frederick Moore Vinson | June 24, 1946-8. September 1953 | Harry S. Truman |
| 14th |  |
Earl Warren | October 5, 1953-23. June 1969 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 15th |  |
Warren Earl Burger | June 23, 1969–26. September 1986 | Richard Nixon |
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William Hubbs Rehnquist | September 26, 1986-3. September 2005 | Ronald Reagan |
| 17th |  |
John Glover Roberts | since September 29, 2005 | George W. Bush |