None. William Howard Taft served both as President and Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, but he was President first, from 1909-1913. President Warren G. Harding later nominated Taft as Chief Justice of the United States (Supreme Court), where he served from 1921-1930.
Charles Evans Hughes resigned from the Supreme Court to run for President in 1916, but he was not Chief Justice and he was not elected President. He later returned to the supreme court as the Chief Justice.
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Wm. H. Taft was the first and only president to also be a supreme court justice.
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The Constitution does not set forth any qualifications for service as a Justice. The President can nominate anyone he wants to serve. Whomever he chooses must be confirmed by the Senate and it is only by majority rule that the person is confirmed.
The president that was first to appoint a woman to the supreme court was JFK.
The first African-American to serve on the US Supreme Court was Thurgood Marshall, who was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Ronald Reagan nominated and appointed Sandra Day O'Connor as the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court in 1981. O'Connor retired in January 2006.
The President of the United States nominates individuals to serve on the Supreme Court. The nomination must then be confirmed by the Senate before the individual can be appointed as a Supreme Court Justice.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to serve three terms.
The first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court was Sandra Day O'Connor. She was nominated by President Ronald Reagan and served from 1981 to 2006.
Willima Howard Taft was the only President to also serve as a Supreme Court Justice.
Willima Howard Taft was the only President to also serve as a Supreme Court Justice.
Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, in 1981. O'Connor retired in January 2006.
US Supreme Court justices are nominated by the President of the United States. Justices who are confirmed by the Senate serve for life, unless impeached.