| − | '''Samuel Nelson''' (November 10, 1792 – December 13, 1873) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. He was appointed to the Court by President [[John Tyler]] after the [[Senate]] had rejected Tyler's two prior nominees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oyez.org/justices/samuel_nelson|title=Samuel Nelson|language=English|work=Oyez|publisher=Chicago-Kent School of Law}}</ref> Nelson wrote the original opinion in the [[Dred Scott v. Sanford]] - where he avoided the question of slavery, but pressure from Southern justices scrapped his opinion and replaced it with Chief Justice [[Roger Taney]]'s more inflammatory one.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/8793/Nelson-Samuel.html|title=Samuel Nelson|language=English|work=law.jrank}}</ref> | + | '''Samuel Nelson''' (November 10, 1792 – December 13, 1873) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. He was appointed to the Court by President [[John Tyler]] after the [[Senate]] had rejected Tyler's two prior nominees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/samuel_nelson|title=Samuel Nelson|language=English|work=Oyez|publisher=Chicago-Kent School of Law}}</ref> Nelson wrote the original opinion in the [[Dred Scott v. Sanford]] - where he avoided the question of slavery, but pressure from Southern justices scrapped his opinion and replaced it with Chief Justice [[Roger Taney]]'s more inflammatory one.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/8793/Nelson-Samuel.html|title=Samuel Nelson|language=English|work=law.jrank}}</ref> |