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Roger B. Taney

chief justice of the United States from 1836 to 1864 (1777–1864)

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Instance of: human
Born: 17 March 1777
Died: 12 October 1864
Place of birth: Calvert County
Place of death: Washington, D.C.
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Roger, Brooke
Family name: Taney
Father: Michael Taney V
Mother: Monica Brooke
Spouse: Anne Arnold Phebe Charlton Key Taney
Child: Anne Arnold Taney Campbell
Occupation: judge, lawyer, politician, jurist
Position held: United States Secretary of the Treasury, United States Attorney General, Chief Justice of the United States, member of the Maryland House of Delegates, member of the State Senate of Maryland, board member
Citizenship: United States
Native language: English
Religion: Catholic Church
archives at: Smithsonian Institution Archives
described by source: Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Encyclopedia Americana, The American Cyclopædia, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, The New Student's Reference Work, New International Encyclopedia
educated at: Dickinson College
employer: United States Department of the Treasury
languages spoken, written or signed: English
member of: American Philosophical Society
member of political party: Democratic Party, Federalist Party
name in native language: Roger Brooke Taney
place of burial: St. John's Cemetery
social classification: slave owner
topic's main category: Category:Roger B. Taney
writing language: English

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