Taney

[ taw-nee ]

/ ˈtɔ ni /

Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.

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He experienced some difficulty in getting a secretary of the treasury who would take such a step; finally he found one in Taney.
Thomas Hart Benton|Theodore Roosevelt
When Taney died in the previous September, there was an eager stir among the friends of Chase.
Lincoln|Nathaniel Wright Stephenson
Then they took the boat to Governor's Island and Taney enlisted.
Banzai!|Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff
Judge Taney thereupon issued an attachment against General Cadwalader for disobedience to the high writ of the court.
The Life of Lyman Trumbull|Horace White

Much of the Northern outcry against Taney seems to me unjust.
A History of the United States|Cecil Chesterton