The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and is the highest-ranking officer of the federal judiciary. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the
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Chief Justices of the United States (Harper's Weekly, December 24, 1864)
John Jay
John Rutledge
William Howard Taft
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William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices.
Chief Justice of the United States
…Charles Evans Hughes, Harlan Fiske Stone, and William Rehnquist—served as associate justices before becoming chief justice. Additionally, Chief Justice William Howard Taft had previously served as president. The United States Constitution does not explicitly establish an office of the Chief Justice but presupposes its…
Portrait, c. 1908
Yale College photograph of Taft, c. 1878
Roosevelt introduces Taft as his crown prince: Puck magazine cover cartoon, 1906.
One of a series of candid photographs known as the Evolution of a Smile, taken just after a formal portrait session, as Taft learned in a telephone call from Roosevelt of his nomination for president