One of the government official lawyer, turned out to be one of the best Supreme Court justice. In this dissertation, you are going to learn about Brooke Roger Taney, and his journey to great success. Early Life: On March 17, 1777, Brooke Roger Taney came into the world. In a family of six Taney was the second oldest out of his three brothers. His oldest brother Michael Taney grew up continuing their father’s business, because in those times, it was meant for the oldest son to inherit their father’s business. This was also the reason why Taney officially chose to study law. Taney’s younger brothers were, Augustus Taney and Octavius C. Taney. They both were not acknowledge in Taney’s life, and till this day no reports are found
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President Jackson, surprisingly was both a democratic and republican party. The majority party of the senate was republican, but only by a little more than democratic. At this point, Taney was a administrator of Jackson’s Central Committee of Maryland. Jackson recognized Taney, in 1831, by his long time support, and gave him a role as an Attorney-General and Secretary of War. In 1833, Jackson replaced the former Secretary of Treasury with Taney. Although people argued against this, because they believed Taney has less experience with banking, but little did they know Taney’s long experience in banking law, which accomplished him? Taney later had to resign from senator after the confirmation was rejected on June 24, 1834. Later, Jackson wanted to have Taney appointed to the Supreme Court, as an associate justice. This was an honor to Taney but his nomination was blocked in the senate. Therefore, he had to wait for an open court to fill in. In December 1835, Taney was given a court after the death of Chief Justice John Marshall. Although Marshall’s death was the reasoning to Taney’s success as an associate justice, Taney still took the oath of office, in March 1836, regarding the unsatisfying part. As Taney’s career continued, lot of cases were settled by …show more content…
He made small decisions to the courtroom and dress wear, for instance like wearing an efficient outfit underneath the robe at all times. One of Taney’s major cases was the Dred Scott v. Sanford. In this case, basically a African American slave named, Dred Scott, lived in a free state and a free territory of Wisconsin, but when he moved to Missouri he wanted to keep his freedom, until a Caucasian man wanted to be his owner. Scott took this to court and wanted to sue, and ask for freedom. At the end of this trial, Taney decided that, since Scott is African American and technically not a citizen in the United States, he cannot sue the Caucasian man. From this, Taney made a pro slavery ruling, which was basically that Blacks are not considered citizens of United States, and have no rights. Although this was an unfair decision, this ruling made Taney very prominent because of his brilliance of a
President Jackson, surprisingly was both a democratic and republican party. The majority party of the senate was republican, but only by a little more than democratic. At this point, Taney was a administrator of Jackson’s Central Committee of Maryland. Jackson recognized Taney, in 1831, by his long time support, and gave him a role as an Attorney-General and Secretary of War. In 1833, Jackson replaced the former Secretary of Treasury with Taney. Although people argued against this, because they believed Taney has less experience with banking, but little did they know Taney’s long experience in banking law, which accomplished him? Taney later had to resign from senator after the confirmation was rejected on June 24, 1834. Later, Jackson wanted to have Taney appointed to the Supreme Court, as an associate justice. This was an honor to Taney but his nomination was blocked in the senate. Therefore, he had to wait for an open court to fill in. In December 1835, Taney was given a court after the death of Chief Justice John Marshall. Although Marshall’s death was the reasoning to Taney’s success as an associate justice, Taney still took the oath of office, in March 1836, regarding the unsatisfying part. As Taney’s career continued, lot of cases were settled by …show more content…
He made small decisions to the courtroom and dress wear, for instance like wearing an efficient outfit underneath the robe at all times. One of Taney’s major cases was the Dred Scott v. Sanford. In this case, basically a African American slave named, Dred Scott, lived in a free state and a free territory of Wisconsin, but when he moved to Missouri he wanted to keep his freedom, until a Caucasian man wanted to be his owner. Scott took this to court and wanted to sue, and ask for freedom. At the end of this trial, Taney decided that, since Scott is African American and technically not a citizen in the United States, he cannot sue the Caucasian man. From this, Taney made a pro slavery ruling, which was basically that Blacks are not considered citizens of United States, and have no rights. Although this was an unfair decision, this ruling made Taney very prominent because of his brilliance of a