Charles Evans Hughes was a Supreme Court Justice before he ran for President in 1916. William Howard Taft was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his presidency.
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.
Former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada is not qualified to run in the 2010 presidential elections, according to Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez. The former president "can always aspire [to be president again], but he cannot run [to make his wish come true]," the Justice secretary said. "Any president who [has served] his term cannot run for any reelection," Estrada possibly considering to run for president again may constitute a breach of the executive pardon.
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Jimmy Carter was the only full-term president who did not have the opportunity to appoint a supreme court justice.
Barak Obama
The first (and so far only) US President to have also served as a Justice of the Supreme Court was William Howard Taft, who was appointed Chief Justice by Warren Harding.
Only if the current Chief Justice (John G. Roberts, Jr.) dies, retires, resigns or is impeached while President Obama is still in office.
That would be William Howard Taft, who was not just a Justice, but the Chief Justice.
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.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
the president is the one and only person who can officially choose the chief justice(with senate approval)
If he has been elected President only once, he usually runs for President.