Difference between revisions of "Roger B. Taney"

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Roger Brooke Taney was the Fifth Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court (1836-1864) succeeding John Marshall and preceding Salmon P. Chase. He was nominated for the Supreme Court by president Andrew Jackson. He is most famous for the decision he wrote in Dred Scott v. Sanford, which rendered multiple slavery compromises void and helped cause the American Civil War. Prior to being elevated to the Court, he was Jackson's Secretary of the Treasury and Attorney General.

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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 [[John Marshall]] and preceding [[Salmon P. Chase]]. He was nominated for the Supreme Court by president [[Andrew Jackson]]. He is most famous for the decision he wrote in [[Dred Scott v. Sanford]], which rendered multiple slavery compromises void and helped cause the [[American Civil War]]. Prior to being elevated to the Court, he was Jackson's [[Secretary of the Treasury]] and [[Attorney General]].
 [[Category:United States Supreme Court Justices]]
 [[Category:United States Chief Justices]]
 [[Category:United States Secretaries of the Treasury]]
+[[category:Jacksonian Democracy]]
+[[category:Slavery]]