Roger Taney becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

03/15/1835

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.

Record Data

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Exact

Type

Legal/Political

People

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Roger Brooke Taney

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