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Roger B. Taney.

Title
Roger B. Taney.
Author
Swisher, Carl Brent, 1897-1968
Publication
Hamden, Conn., Archon Books, 1961 [c1935]

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Description
608 p. illus.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864
  • Judges > United States > 19th century
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-598) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The heritage of a southern gentleman -- Pursuit of a career -- Life in Frederick -- The Federalist schism -- Problems of local statesmanship -- Changing scenes -- In the ranks with Andrew Jackson -- The Jackson cabinet -- The beginning of the bank war -- The veto -- Skirmishes -- Removing the deposits -- The panic session -- Rejected -- From defeat to victory -- Aftermath -- The new Supreme Court -- The rights of property -- The control of commerce -- Rumblings of the distant drum -- The spoils of office and changing personnel -- Lights and shadows of the afternoon -- Storm clouds of sectional strife -- Dred Scott and after -- Nullification -- Civil war and military rule -- The end of a career.
LCCN
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OCLC
  • 424660
  • SCSB-12112638
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library