Chief Justice Roger B. Taney

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chief_Justice_Roger_B._Taney
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Dickinson_College
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkbp:birthDate 1777-03-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Calvert_County,_Maryland,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:Alice_Taney
gptkb:Ellen_Taney
gptkb:Maria_Taney
gptkb:Phoebe_Taney
Sophia Taney
gptkbp:deathDate 1864-10-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Roger_Brooke_Taney
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
gptkbp:notableFor fifth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
first Roman Catholic to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court
authoring the Dred Scott decision
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Dred_Scott_v._Sandford_decision
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
politician
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_India
gptkb:United_States_Senator
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_Marshall
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St._John_the_Evangelist_Cemetery,_Frederick,_Maryland
gptkbp:signature Roger B Taney Signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anne_Phoebe_Charlton_Key
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Salmon_P._Chase
gptkbp:termEnd 1864-10-12
gptkbp:termStart 1836-03-28
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Luther_v._Borden_(1849)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7