Talk:Roger B. Taney
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Roger Taney was Andrew Jacksons secretary of treasury.
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[edit] Ambiguous Sentence
This sentence is ambiguous: "In 1819, he defended a Methodist minister who had been indicted for inciting slave insurrections by denouncing slavery in a camp meeting." Does this mean that Taney denounced slavery in a camp meeting, or the minister did? I'm assuming the latter, but I read it as the former the first time around and it gives a VASTLY different perspective on Taney's attitudes to read it that way... -JSoules
Brandon Lupo
- Thanks. I have incorporated that info into the page. Jacob1207 02:43, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Layout
Is it just my system, or does the image blot out some portions of the paragraph that describes Taney's migration to the Democratic Party?
Italo Svevo
[edit] Taney's role in Barron v. Baltimore
The full text of the Barron case reveals that one of the lawyers for the city of Baltimore was named Taney. Does anyone know if it was soon-to-be Chief Justice Taney arguing that case, or another Marylander lawyer named Taney? -- Sekicho 21:08, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, actually. See this webpage (scroll all the way down the the bottom part!) for a brief confirmation: http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/specialcollections/aslh/
- Liashi 22:14, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Attorney General and Treasury Secretary
Did Taney hold both of those roles concurrently for a time as indicated by the dates in the article? --Daysleeper47 14:46, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
