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chief justice

Noun

The judge who presides over a supreme court (synset 109936246)
referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority

is a type of: judge, jurist, justice - a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
specific instances:
- burger, warren burger, warren e. burger, warren earl burger - United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)
- chase, salmon p. chase, salmon portland chase - United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)
- ellsworth, oliver ellsworth - United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807)
- fuller, melville w. fuller, melville weston fuller - United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
- charles evans hughes, hughes - United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948)
- jay, john jay - United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)
- john marshall, marshall - United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)
- rehnquist, william hubbs rehnquist, william rehnquist - United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924)
- john rutledge, rutledge - United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800)
- harlan f. stone, harlan fisk stone, harlan stone, stone - United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
- president taft, taft, william howard taft - 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)
- roger brooke taney, roger taney, taney - United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864)
- frederick moore vinson, vinson - United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953)
- morrison r. waite, morrison remick waite, morrison waite, waite - United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888)
- earl warren, warren - United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974)
- edward d. white, edward douglas white jr., edward white, white - United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)

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