Roger Brooke Taney
Personal
Birthday:
3/17/1777
Birthplace:
Calvert County, MD
Date of Death:
10/12/1864
Place of Death:
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
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
Nominated to Supreme Court of the United States, January 15, 1835; no Senate vote
Education
Name of School:
Dickinson College
Degree Year:
1795
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1799 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
Andrew Jackson
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
03/15/1836
Termination Date:
10/12/1864
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Fourth Circuit, March 22, 1836-October 12, 1864