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Roger Brooke Taney (* 17. März 1777 im Calvert County, Maryland; † 12. Oktober 1864 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker. Er war Justizminister, Finanzminister und Vorsitzender des Obersten Gerichtshofs der Vereinigten Staaten ( Supreme Court ).
Roger Brooke Taney ( / ˈtɔːni /; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth chief justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. Taney infamously delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v.
Roger B. Taney (born March 17, 1777, Calvert county, Maryland, U.S.—died October 12, 1864, Washington, D.C.) was the fifth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, remembered principally for the Dred Scott decision (1857). He was the first Roman Catholic to serve on the Supreme Court.
One of the most controversial figures in the decades leading up to the Civil War, Roger Brooke Taney was born on March 17, 1777, into a prominent slave-owning family in Calvert County, Maryland. Taney studied law at Dickinson College, graduating in 1795 after being elected class valedictorian.
Roger Brooke Taney (* 17. März 1777 im Calvert County, Maryland; † 12. Oktober 1864 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker. Er war Justizminister, Finanzminister und Vorsitzender des Obersten Gerichtshofs der Vereinigten Staaten (Supreme Court). Roger B. Taney, fotografiert von Mathew Brady Taneys Unterschrift
Known for his fragile stature and firm opinions, Roger Taney led a controversial life while serving on the Supreme Court. He was born in Calvert County, Maryland on March 17, 1777, to Catholic tobacco plantation owners.
Roger B. Taney, (born March 17, 1777, Calvert county, Md., U.S.—died Oct. 12, 1864, Washington, D.C.), U.S. jurist. A lawyer from 1801, he served in Maryland’s legislature before being named state attorney general (1827–31).
