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Definition of Roger Taney
1. Noun. United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roger Taney
Literary usage of Roger Taney
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of Roger Brooke Taney: Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Bernard Christian Steiner (1922)
"14 Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was selected, because two young
men, somewhat older than Roger Taney, with whose families Michael Taney was ..."
2. The Party Battles of the Jackson Period by Claude Gernade Bowers (1922)
"2 The first suggestion of Roger Taney was made to Jackson by a Washington physician
who had ventured to say that he knew "a man who will suit for ..."
3. The Lives and Opinions of Benj'n Franklin Butler: United States District by William Lyon Mackenzie (1845)
"... Directors, Stockholders, and Solicitors, of all the banks that had been selected
by Roger Taney, as treasury banks, when the US Bank was discarded—the ..."
4. The Life and Times of Martin Van Buren: The Correspondence of His Friends by William Lyon Mackenzie (1846)
"... requesting the names of the Presidents, Cashiers, Directors, Stockholders,
and Solicitors, of all the banks that had been selected by Roger Taney, ..."
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