Taney
[taw-nee]
- Roger Brooke,1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
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A third, more accommodating, was found in the person of Mr. Taney.
Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams.Josiah Quincy
Much of the Northern outcry against Taney seems to me unjust.
A History of the United StatesCecil Chesterton
Taney removed the public deposits from the United States Bank.
A History of the United StatesCecil Chesterton
All this was commented upon on this floor; yet Mr. Taney is selected!
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)Thomas Hart Benton
Chief Justice Taney himself was a good deal of a conservative.
John Marshall and the ConstitutionEdward S. Corwin