Can you name the Chief Justices of the United States?

Term of Office	Chief Justice	Nominating President
1789 - 1795		George Washington
1795		George Washington
1796 - 1800		George Washington
1801 - 1835		John Adams
1836 - 1864		Andrew Jackson
1864 - 1873		Abraham Lincoln
1874 - 1888		Ulysses S. Grant
1888 - 1910		Grover Cleveland
1910 - 1921		William Howard Taft

Term of Office	Chief Justice	Nominating President
1921 - 1930		Warren G. Harding
1930 - 1941		Herbert Hoover
1941 - 1946		Franklin D. Roosevelt
1946 - 1953		Harry Truman
1953 - 1969		Dwight D. Eisenhower
1969 - 1986		Richard Nixon
1986 - 2005		Ronald Reagan
2005 - Present		George W. Bush

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Chief Justices (U.S.) Quiz

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Created by: rdkrauss -
Published: December 3rd, 2008
Category: History
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Tags: State Quizzes, united, United States, term, office, chief, justice, nominating, Chief Justices, us history pack, Presidents

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	danzam:	Dec 3rd, 2008 at 04:56 GMT	22 points
	only knew a few because Homer Simpson listed a couple when he envisioned Bart becoming Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. When he mentioned Warren Burger he paused and said mmmmmmmm... burger. Ah the Simpsons can be referenced to answer anything.

	egon14:	Dec 3rd, 2008 at 12:02 GMT	3 points
	It would help if I could spell two of them!

	Librería:	Dec 3rd, 2008 at 18:18 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz

	pete:	Dec 3rd, 2008 at 21:29 GMT	7 points
	Be fun to have a all-justices sporcle - fun for law nerds, anyway.

	jimpoz:	Dec 4th, 2008 at 00:40 GMT	5 points
	Interesting tidbit (once a question on Final Jeopardy!): their title is not "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court." It is (as correctly indicated here) "Chief Justice of the United States."

	chrismet:	Dec 4th, 2008 at 10:58 GMT	1 point
	@Dan Zambito, Warren Burger was the only one I got, again due to Homer and mmmmmmmmmmm......burger.

	cocky:	Dec 9th, 2008 at 02:27 GMT	4 points
	I think a fun quiz would be to identify the current justices by their picture.

	isaac:	Jan 31st, 2009 at 15:43 GMT	2 points
	I knew Jay because he was first, Marshall for his historical importance, Hughes because he's the other guy Homer said in his "mmmm... burger" scene, and the rest because they are recent. Can anybody who didn't go to law school get more than 10? I thought Felix Frankfurter and Oliver Wendell Holmes were two of them.

	jessbowen:	Feb 19th, 2009 at 08:18 GMT	1 point
	Frankfurter was on the court, but never Chief Justice; same with Holmes. I remember that he's not one because he's known as the great dissenter, sort of a pain in the neck of the CJ. Taney I remember because he wrote the Dred Scott decision, though I always try to stick a w into the middle of his name. And Chase I remember from being on one of the big monetary bills and I think he was involved in the assassination attempts too. Don't know if that helps!

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	Bretzky:	Mar 15th, 2009 at 17:05 GMT	3 points
	Julia: Roger Brooke Taney is the way to spell his name. Although, it is pronounced as if it were spelled "Tawney."

	wurmskidoodle:	Apr 5th, 2009 at 23:13 GMT	2 points
	Chief Justice Taney is my great-great-great-and so on (im not sure how many greats) grandfather and my brother, father, and grandfather are named Taney in his honor. Its pronounced "tawney" and annoys my brother to no end when he has to explain the pronunciation/history of it.

	cmkeller:	Jun 17th, 2009 at 18:35 GMT	1 point
	Interesting re: the pronounciation of Taney, because Taney County, Missouri, and Lake Taneycomo (which is a contration of "Taney County Missouri") are pronounced "Tay-nee", at least by the locals.

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	atlrower:	Jan 18th, 2010 at 21:34 GMT	2 points
	The four since Warren because they are recent, and then Jay, Marshall, Taney, Chase, and Taft for fame (or infamy.) I'd agree that 10+ would be hard without having studied it for some reason.

	ensiform:	Mar 21st, 2010 at 16:38 GMT	3 points
	The scores reflect how little Americans know about their own history.

	JerryToad:	May 7th, 2010 at 02:34 GMT	1 point
	Hughes damnit!

	Tavix:	Oct 27th, 2010 at 23:15 GMT	4 points
	I find it funny that we had a Earl Warren followed by a Warren Earl (Burger).