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| Second man appointed by Washington, rejected as Chief Justice |
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| Third Chief Justice, appointed by Washington |
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| Appointed by John Adams, Chief Justice #4 |
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| Presided over 'Marbury v. Madison', the Burr Conspiracy Trial, and 'McCulloch v. Maryland' |
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| 11th Chief Justice, appointed by Harding |
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| Only U.S. President to subsequently become Chief Justice |
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| Presided over 'US v. General Electric Co.', 'Balzac v. Porto Rico', and 'Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen' |
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| Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt, Chief Justice #12 |
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| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
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| Presided over 'Schenck v. United States' and 'Northern Securities Co. v. US' |
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| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
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| #13, appointed by Herbert Hoover |
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| #17, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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| Presided over 'Brown v. Board of Education' |
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| Presided over 'Gideon v. Wainwright' |
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| Presided over 'Roe v. Wade' |
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| Only CHIEF JUSTICE appointed by Richard Nixon, #18 |
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| Presided over 'United States v. Nixon' |
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| Unconstitutionalised the then-current death penalty in 'Furman v. Georgia' |
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| Appointed as associated justice by Richard Nixon, nominated for Chief Justice by Ronald Reagan |
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| Most recent Chief Justice to die (as of February, 2011) |
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| Administered the Oath of Office to George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush |
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| Presided over 'Bush v. Gore' and 'Seminole Tribe v. Florida' |
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| Appointed by George W. Bush as Chief Justice |
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| Active Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (as of February 2011) |
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| First African-American justice on the Supreme Court |
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| First woman on the Supreme Court, appointed by Ronald Reagan |
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| First Jewish justice on the Supreme Court, appointed by Woodrow Wilson |
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| Current Italian Supreme Court justice appointed by Reagan (as of February 2011) |
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| Current African-American Supreme Court justice, appointed by George H.W. Bush (as of Feburary 2011) |
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| Current Jewish female Supreme Court justice, appointed by Bill Clinton |
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| First Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court |
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| Barack Obama's first apointee to the Supreme Court |
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| Barack Obama's second appointee to the Supreme Court; replaced John Paul Stevens |
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| Presided over 'Dred Scott v. Stanford' |
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| Presided over 'Miranda v. Wainwright' |
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