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The sixth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was Ohio native Salmon P. Chase, who lead the Court from December 1864 until his death in May 1873.

Chase had the unique distinction of being the first Chief Justice to preside over a presidential Senate impeachment trial when Andrew Johnson was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act in in 1868. Johnson was acquitted by a single vote.

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren to the US Supreme Court in 1953, and he lead the Court until his retirement in 1969.

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Chief Justice Warren Burger presided over the court from 1969 until 1986, when he was succeeded by Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

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Chief Justice Earl Warren presided over the US Supreme Court from 1953-1969.

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