Roger B. Taney
Chief justice of the United States from 1836 to 1864 (1777-1864) · United States · Politicians · Died at 87
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Something wrong?Roger Brooke Taney was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth chief justice of the United States from 1836 until his death in 1864. Taney delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. S. S. territories. S. S. S. secretary of the treasury under President Andrew Jackson.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Taney as Secretary of the Treasury
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, photograph by Mathew Brady
Taney's grave in Frederick, Maryland![Roger B. Taney statue removed from Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore in August 2017[74]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Roger_B._Taney_statue%2C_Mount_Vernon_Place%2C_Baltimore%2C_MD.jpg/1280px-Roger_B._Taney_statue%2C_Mount_Vernon_Place%2C_Baltimore%2C_MD.jpg)
Roger B. Taney statue removed from Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore in August 2017[74]
Roger Taney appears on a 1940 U.S. revenue stamp
Bust of Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber, U.S. Capitol, January 2023, shortly before its removal.
Statue of Taney on the Maryland State House grounds before removalFamily
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Roger Brooke Taney was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth chief justice of the United States from 1836 until his death in 1864. Taney delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), ruling that African Americans could not be considered U.S. citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the U.S. territories. Prior to joining the U.S. Supreme Court, Taney served as the U.S. attorney general and U.S. secretary of the treasury under President Andrew Jackson. He was the first Catholic to serve on the Supreme Court.
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