Chief Justice, US Supreme Court, 1836-1864
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Roger Brooke Taney
Roger Brooke Taney
Birth:
1777
Death:
1864
Affiliations:
Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-1834
US Attorney General, 1831-1833
US Secretary of War, 1831
Roger B. Taney was chief justice of the US Supreme Court from 1836 to his death in 1864. In 1857 he wrote the majority opinion for Dred Scott v. Sandford, which categorized slaves as property lacking the rights of US citizens.