Roger Brooke Taney
1777–1864 · Calvert County, MD
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Court of the United States | Chief Justice | Andrew Jackson (Democratic) | Mar 15, 1836 | Death, Oct 12, 1864 |
Education
- Dickinson College, 1795
- Read law, 1799
Professional Career
State delegate, Maryland, 1799-1800; Private practice, Frederick, Maryland, 1801-1823; Director, state bank branch, Frederick, Maryland, 1810-1815; State senator, Maryland, 1816-1821; Director, Frederick County [Maryland] Bank, 1818-1823; Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1823-1831; Attorney general, State of Maryland, 1827-1831; Acting secretary of war, 1831; Attorney General of the United States, 1831-1833; Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-1834
Opinions on This Site
Showing 100 of 202 opinions from 1837 to 1864
- Gordon v. United States 1864
- Callan v. May 1863
- Congdon and Tenn. Mining Co. v. Goodman 1862
- Farney v. Towle 1862
- United States v. Knight's Administrator 1862
- The Steamer St. Lawrence 1862
- Ex Parte Gordon 1862
- O'Brien v. Smith 1862
- Hoyt v. Shelden, Ex'r of Thompson, and the Long Island Railroad Company 1862
- Wabash & Erie Canal v. Beers 1862
- Hecker v. Fowler 1862
- Bacon v. Hart 1862
- 4,885 Bags of Linseed 1861
- Lessee of Smith v. McCann 1861
- Reddall v. Bryan 1861
- Tracy v. Holcombe 1861
- William Wiggins, James M. Jones, and John B. Weller v. John B. Gray and Knowles Taylor 1861
- United States v. Castro 1861
- Almy v. California 1861
- Gue v. Tide Water Canal Co. 1861
- Haney v. Baltimore Steam Packet Company 1860
- Brewster v. Wakefield 1860
- J. W. Hodge, John W. Hunter, Haywood Hunter, Thomas Coleman, and Young Coleman, in Error v. John A. Williams 1859
- Ableman v. Booth 1859
- Converse v. United States 1859
- Barber v. Barber Ex Rel. Cronkhite 1859
- Montgomery v. Anderson 1859
- Ballance v. Forsyth 1859
- Porter v. Foley 1859
- Campbell v. Boyreau 1859
- Mason v. Gamble 1859
- Richmond v. City of Milwaukie 1859
- Edmund Rice, in Error v. The Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company 1858
- Kelsey v. Forsyth 1858
- Barton v. Forsyth 1858
- Beers Ex Rel. Platenius v. Arkansas 1858
- Bank of Washington v. State of Arkansas 1858
- Selden v. Myers 1858
- United States v. Breitling 1858
- Jacob U. Payne v. Jonathan J. Niles 1858
- Watterson v. Payne 1858
- Brown v. Shannon 1858
- Richmond v. City of Milwaukie 1858
- Carroll v. Dorsey 1857
- Hemmenway v. Fisher 1857
- Burke v. Gaines 1857
- Of the Steamer Virginia v. West 1857
- Morgan v. Curtenius 1857
- Coggeshall v. Hartshorn 1856
- Goslee v. Shute's 1856
- United States v. Booth 1856
- Ableman v. Booth 1856
- Maxwell v. Newbold 1856
- Hudgins v. Kemp, Assignee, &C. 1856
- Greely's Administrator v. Burgess 1856
- Peck v. Sanderson 1855
- United States Ex Rel. Tucker v. Seaman 1855
- State of Florida v. State of Georgia 1855
- Wanzer v. Bennett R. 1855
- Fremont v. United States 1855
- McBlair v. Gibbes 1855
- Williams v. Gibbes 1855
- Gooding v. Oliver 1855
- Steamboat Niagara v. Van Pelt 1855
- Bruce v. United States 1855
- Widow & Heirs of De La Lande v. Treasurer of the State 1855
- Shields v. Thomas 1855
- United States v. Coxe 1855
- Fontain v. Ravenel 1855
- Barribeau v. Brant 1854
- Deshler v. Dodge 1854
- Burgess v. Gray 1854
- Walworth v. Kneeland 1854
- Smith v. Ely 1854
- Carter v. Bennett 1854
- Phelps v. Mayer 1854
- United States v. Roselius 1853
- Den ex dem. Russell v. Ass'n of Jersey Co. 1853
- Fourniquet v. Perkins 1853
- Robertson v. Coulter 1853
- Ex Parte William Many 1853
- Bloomer v. McQuewan 1853
- United States v. Carrere 1853
- Brown v. Aspden's Administrators 1853
- Jackson v. Hale 1853
- Peale v. Phipps 1853
- Mary Lucinda Bosley v. Margaret E. Wyatt 1853
- Board of Trustees for Vincennes University v. State of Indiana 1853
- Perkins v. Fourniquet 1853
- Wylie v. Coxe 1853
- Kennett v. Chambers 1852
- Herman v. Phalen 1852
- Kanouse v. Martin 1852
- United States v. McCULLAGH 1852
- Mitchell v. Harmony 1852
- Tremlett v. Adams 1852
- United States v. Harrison 1852
- Morsell v. Hall 1852
- Bein v. Heath 1852
- Duncan Linton v. Frederick Stanton 1852