Roger Brooke Taney

Biography of Roger Brooke Taney

Family Name (Surname): Taney
First Name: Roger
Middle Name: Brooke
Date of Birth: March , 17 , 1777
Place of Birth (POB): Calvert County , Maryland (US-MD, MD, 24, Md.)
Date of Death: October , 12 , 1864
Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice
Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
Appointment under the Presidency of: Andrew Jackson ( Democratic )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/28/1835
Seat vacated by: Marshall , John
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/28/1835
Committee action: Reported Without Recommendation
Committee action date: 01/05/1836
Senate voice vote?: No
Senate vote Yes/No: 29/15
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 03/15/1836
Commission Date: 03/15/1836
Date of Termination: 10/12/1864
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

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

Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Fourth Circuit, March 22, 1836-October 12, 1864