Chief Justices of the United States (Sortable)
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# | Office Holder | Party | Entered Office | Age |
Left Office | Age |
Tenure (y|m|d) |
Died | Age |
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| 1 | John Jay | Federalist | Sep 26, 1789 | 43 |
Jun 29, 1795 | 49 | 5y | 9m | 3d | May 17, 1829 | 83 | |
| 4 | John Marshall | Federalist | Feb 4, 1801 | 45 |
Jul 6, 1835 | 79 | 34y | 5m | 2d | Jul 6, 1835 | 79 | |
| 17 | John Roberts | Republican | Sep 29, 2005 | 50 |
Incumbent | 70 | 20y | 1m | 19d | Living | 70 | |
| 3 | Oliver Ellsworth | Federalist | Mar 8, 1796 | 50 |
Dec 15, 1800 | 55 | 4y | 9m | 7d | Nov 26, 1807 | 62 | |
| 8 | Melville Fuller | Democratic | Oct 8, 1888 | 55 |
Jul 4, 1910 | 77 | 21y | 8m | 26d | Jul 4, 1910 | 77 | |
| 2 | John Rutledge | Federalist | Jun 30, 1795 | 55 |
Dec 28, 1795 | 56 | 0y | 5m | 28d | Jul 23, 1800 | 60 | |
| 13 | Fred M. Vinson | Democratic | Jun 24, 1946 | 56 |
Sep 8, 1953 | 63 | 7y | 2m | 15d | Sep 8, 1953 | 63 | |
| 6 | Salmon P. Chase | Republican | Dec 15, 1864 | 56 |
May 7, 1873 | 65 | 8y | 4m | 22d | May 7, 1873 | 65 | |
| 7 | Morrison Waite | Republican | Mar 4, 1874 | 57 |
Mar 23, 1888 | 71 | 14y | 0m | 19d | May 23, 1888 | 71 | |
| 5 | Roger B. Taney | Democratic | Mar 28, 1836 | 59 |
Oct 12, 1864 | 87 | 28y | 6m | 14d | Oct 12, 1864 | 87 | |
| 15 | Warren E. Burger | Republican | Jun 23, 1969 | 61 |
Sep 26, 1986 | 79 | 17y | 3m | 3d | Jun 25, 1995 | 87 | |
| 16 | William Rehnquist | Republican | Sep 26, 1986 | 61 |
Sep 3, 2005 | 80 | 18y | 11m | 8d | Sep 3, 2005 | 80 | |
| 14 | Earl Warren | Republican | Oct 5, 1953 | 62 |
Jun 23, 1969 | 78 | 15y | 8m | 18d | Jul 9, 1974 | 83 | |
| 10 | William Howard Taft | Republican | Jul 11, 1921 | 63 |
Feb 3, 1930 | 72 | 8y | 6m | 23d | Mar 8, 1930 | 72 | |
| 9 | Edward Douglass White | Democratic | Dec 19, 1910 | 65 |
May 19, 1921 | 75 | 10y | 5m | 0d | May 19, 1921 | 75 | |
| 11 | Charles Evans Hughes | Republican | Feb 24, 1930 | 67 |
Jun 30, 1941 | 79 | 11y | 4m | 6d | Aug 27, 1948 | 86 | |
| 12 | Harlan F. Stone | Republican | Jul 3, 1941 | 68 |
Apr 22, 1946 | 73 | 4y | 9m | 19d | Apr 22, 1946 | 73 | |