Roger Taney becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Taney's previous nomination for a position on the Supreme Court had been blocked by the senate in a midnight session. -- Joanne Williams
Source Citation

Carl Brent Swisher, Roger B. Taney (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935), 313-322.

Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Legal/Political
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