Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864)
MSA SC 3520-1500
Biography:
Born March 17, 1777, in Calvert County, Maryland. Son of Michael and Monica (Brooke) Taney. Attended public schools; Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1795; studied law under Jeremiah Townly Chase, Annapolis, 1796-99. Admitted to the bar, 1799. Catholic. Married Anne Phebe Carlton Key, sister of Francis Scott Key, January 7, 1806; children: Anne, Sophia, Ellen, Elizabeth, Maria, Alice, and one son. Died October 12, 1864, in Washington, D.C. Buried in St. John's Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland.
Private law practice, Frederick County, 1801-23; Baltimore, 1823-64. Director, State Bank of Frederick, 1810-15; Frederick County Bank, 1818-23. Counsel, Union Bank of Maryland, Baltimore. Member, Maryland House of Delegates representing Calvert County, 1799. Member, Maryland State Senate, Western Shore, 1816-18, 1819 (did not serve), 1820. Attorney General of Maryland, 1827-31. Acting U.S. Secretary of War, July 1831. U.S. Attorney General, 1831-33. U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-34. Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-64.
Profile of Roger Brooke Taney and Discussion of Taney Supreme Court from The Supreme Court Historical Society website (http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_timeline/images_chiefs/005.html; http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_history/02_c05.html)
Profile of Roger Brooke Taney from the Columbia Encycolopedia from Bartleby website (http://www.bartleby.com/65/ta/Taney-Ro.html)
Profile of Roger Brooke Taney from Encyclopedia Dickinsonia, Dickinson College website (http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/t/ed_taneyR.htm)
Profile of Roger Brooke Taney from the Catholic
Encyclopedia website (http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/t/ed_taneyR.htm)
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