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The chief justice is an ex officio member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and, by custom, is elected chancellor of the board. Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 17 people have served as Chief Justice, beginning with John Jay (1789–1795). The current chief justice is John Roberts (since 2005).
- John Roberts
John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an...
- John Jay
John Jay (December 23 [O.S. December 12], 1745 – May 17,...
- Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth (April 29, 1745 – November 26, 1807) was a...
- John Marshall
John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an...
- Morrison Waite
Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite (November 29, 1816 – March 23,...
- Harlan F. Stone
Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872 – April 22, 1946) was...
- Fred M. Vinson
Frederick "Fred" Moore Vinson (January 22, 1890 – September...
- John Roberts
The Chief Justice of the United States presides over the third branch of the federal government. There have only been 17 Chief Justices since 1789, while there have been 46 Presidents. Chief Justices serve for an average of 13 years. Chief Justice John Marshall served the longest at 34 years.
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Currently. John Roberts. Since. September 29, 2005. The Supreme Court of the United States ( SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law.
The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and such number of Associate Justices as may be fixed by Congress. The number of Associate Justices is currently fixed at eight (28 U. S. C. §1).
Current Members. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Sullivan in 1996 and they have two children - Josephine and Jack. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979.
May 3, 2022 · USA TODAY. 0:00. 1:25. President George W. Bush nominated Roberts for chief justice in 2005. John Roberts is a member of the court’s conservative wing. But he has been known to break with his ...
