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Roger B. Taney

1777 - 1864

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Roger Brooke Taney ( TAW-nee; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth chief justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. Taney delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), ruling that African Americans could not be considered U.S. citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the U.S. territories. Prior to joining the U.S. Supreme Court, Taney served as the U.S. attorney general and U.S. secretary of the treasury under President Andrew Jackson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger B. Taney is the 15,033rd most popular politician (down from 14,636th in 2019), the 7,649th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,958th in 2019) and the 593rd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Roger B. Taney ranks 15,033 out of 19,576. Before him are Þorsteinn Pálsson, Eduardo Schaerer, Fatemeh Pahlavi, František Ladislav Rieger, Charles Lang, and Sakari Tuomioja. After him are Hamilcar I of Carthage, Laodice II, Julián Besteiro, Phạm Hùng, Bob Dadae, and Georg Friedrich von Martens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, Roger B. Taney ranks 41. Before him are Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Louis Hersent, Antoine Risso, Carlos Anaya, Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, and Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga. After him are William Martin Leake, Thomas Campbell, John George Children, and Felix Grundy. Among people deceased in 1864, Roger B. Taney ranks 60. Before him are Anna Harrison, Hermann, Prince of Wied, Walter Savage Landor, Rudolf Wagner, Nassau William Senior, and Gonçalves Dias. After him are Gaetano Bedini, Jacques Jasmin, José Justo Corro, Adelaide Anne Procter, Juris Alunāns, and Alexander Vostokov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger B. Taney ranks 7,651 out of 20,380. Before him are Lyle Lovett (1957), Wilbur Ross (1937), Vinny Appice (1957), Aurora Snow (1981), Charles Lang (1902), and Paget Brewster (1969). After him are Jeremy Davies (1969), John Ratzenberger (1947), Charlotte Stewart (1941), Nicole Aniston (1987), Mary Travers (1936), and Miguel Sandoval (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Roger B. Taney ranks 593. Before him are Wilford Woodruff (1807), Carrie Chapman Catt (1859), John Podesta (1949), Joe Kennedy III (1980), Wilbur Ross (1937), and Charles Lang (1902). After him are Gary Locke (1950), Mary Arthur McElroy (1841), John J. Sullivan (1959), Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798), Greg Louganis (1960), and Oliver Ellsworth (1745).

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