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Roger B. Taney  

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  • 1777–1864 Fifth Chief Justice of the United States Roger B. Taney was perhaps the single most important political figure in the antebellum and Civil War era in furthering the legacy and agenda of Pres. Andrew Jackson (1829–1837). [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History; Taney, Roger B.]

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