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SCOTUS trivia

The court last postponed arguments in October 1918 in response to the Spanish flu epidemic. Who was the chief justice of the court in 1918?

(a) Edward Douglass White
(b) William Howard Taft
(c) John Roberts
(d) Melville Fuller

The correct answer: (a) Edward Douglass White. Edward Douglass White was the ninth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the court by President Grover Cleveland on February 19, 1894. President William Howard Taft nominated White as chief justice. White served in this position from 1910 until his death on May 19, 1921. Click here for more information on the White Court. Click here for some U.S. Supreme Court history.