Supreme Court Haiku
Former Chief Justices
Leaders of the Nine
Swearers-In of Presidents
Assign Opinions
JOHN JAY (1789-1795)
JOHN RUTLEDGE (1795)
Recess Appointment
Questionable sanity
Senate rejected
BiographyOLIVER ELLSWORTH (1796-1800)
Followed Rutledge mess
Stopped seriatim writing
Resigned in ill health
BiographyJohn Marshall (1801-1835)
ROGER TANEY (1836-1864)
SALMON chase (1864-73)
Chosen by Lincoln
On ten thousand dollar bill
Johnson impeachment
BiographyMORRISON WAITE (1874-88)
Ulysses' eighth choice
One thousand opinions plus
Killed by pneumonia
BiographyMelville fuller (1888-1910)
EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE (1910-1921)
Louisiana
Antitrust's "Rule of Reason"
Picked, Followed by Taft
BiographyWILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1921-1930)
Former President
Pushed for writ of cert. process
And for new courthouse
Biography
Charles evans hughes (1930-1941)
Barred prior restraints
Fought FDR Court packing
Court moved to new digs
BiographyHARLAN FISKE STONE (1941-1946)
Nazi saboteurs
Wrote International Shoe
Died reading dissent
BiographyFred Vinson (1946-1953)
EARL WARREN (1954-1969)
WaRREN BURGER (1969-1987)
WILLIAM REHNQUIST (1987-2005)
Cleveland selection
Three time governor
Reagan's choice for Chief