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ROGER BROOKE
TANEY was born in Calvert County, Maryland, on March 17,
1777. He was graduated from Dickinson College in 1795.
After reading law in a law office in Annapolis, Maryland,
he was admitted to the bar in 1799. In the same year,
he was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates. Defeated
for re-election, he was elected to the State Senate in
1816 and served until 1821. In 1823, Taney moved to Baltimore,
where he continued the practice of law. From 1827 to 1831,
Taney served as Attorney General for the State of Maryland.
In 1831, Taney was appointed Attorney General of the United
States by President Andrew Jackson. On September 23, 1833,
Taney received a recess appointment as Secretary of the
Treasury. When the recess appointment terminated, Taney
was formally nominated to serve in that position, but
the Senate declined to confirm the appointment in 1834.
In 1835, Taney was nominated as Associate Justice by President
Jackson to succeed Justice Duvall, but the Senate failed
to confirm him. On December 28, 1835, President Jackson
nominated Taney Chief Justice of the United States. The
Senate confirmed the appointment on March 15, 1836. Taney
served as Chief Justice for twenty-eight years, the second
longest tenure of any Chief Justice, and died on October
12, 1864, at the age of eighty-seven. |
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