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'''Roger Brooke Taney''' was the Fifth Chief Justice of the [[US Supreme Court]] (1836-1864) succeeding the Honorable [[John Marshall]] and preceding the Honorable [[Salmon P. Chase]]. He was nominated for the Supreme Court by then president [[Andrew Jackson]]. He is most famous for the decision he wrote in [[Dred Scott v. Sanford]], which rendered multiple slavery compromises void. Prior to being elevated to the Court, he was the 12th [[Secretary of the Treasury]] and 12th [[Attorney General]].
'''Roger Brooke Taney''' was the Fifth Chief Justice of the [[US Supreme Court]] (1836-1864) succeeding the Honorable [[John Marshall]] and preceding the Honorable [[Salmon P. Chase]]. He was nominated for the Supreme Court by then president [[Andrew Jackson]]. He is most famous for the decision he wrote in [[Dred Scott v. Sanford]], which rendered multiple slavery compromises void. Prior to being elevated to the Court, he was the 12th [[Secretary of the Treasury]] and 12th [[Attorney General]].
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[[Category:United States Secretaries of the Treasury]]