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Legal/Political Roger Taney issues decision in Bank of Augusta v. Earle
Personal Gustavus Vasa Fox joins the US Navy as acting midshipman
Personal William Elisha Stoker is born in Chambers County, Alabama
Legal/Political Roger Taney issues decision in Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge Company
Personal John Brown responds to abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy's murder in 1837
Personal Mary Lincoln visits Springfield, Illinois in the spring of 1837
Personal McKim becomes a member of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society
Personal Horace Greeley marries Mary Youngs Cheney in Warrenton, North Carolina
Personal Gustave Philipp Koerner marries Sophie Engelmann
Personal Adele Cutts Douglas is born in Washington, DC
Legal/Political Roger Taney becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Legal/Political James Buchanan enters the United States Senate
Personal Horace White is born in Colebrook, New Hampshire
Personal Anthony Burns is born in Stafford County, Virginia
Personal Robert Roberts Hitt is born in Urbana, Ohio
Personal John Brown marries Mary Ann Day
Personal Grier is appointed judge of the District Court of Allegheny County
Personal John Brown's first wife dies in August 1832
Personal Moncure Conway is born in Stafford County, Virginia
Legal/Political Senate confirms James Buchanan's appointment as minister to Russia
Personal - John McClintock attends the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
Personal Theophilus Lyle Dickey marries Juliet Evans
Legal/Political Roger Taney becomes Attorney General of the United States
Personal Shelby Moore Cullom is born in Wayne County, Kentucky
Personal Robert Grier marries Isabella Cooper
Personal Alexander McClure is born in Sherman’s Valley, Pennsylvania
Legal/Political Roger Taney becomes State Attorney General for Maryland
Personal Leonard Swett is born in Turner, Maine
Personal William Walker is born in Nashville, Tennessee
Legal/Political Roger Taney becomes Secretary of the Treasury due to the Bank War