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Roger Brooke Taney (/ ˈ t ɔː n i /; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth chief justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. Taney delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v.
The 1836 United States elections elected the members of the 25th United States Congress. The election saw the emergence of the Whig Party , which succeeded the National Republican Party in the Second Party System as the primary opposition to the Democratic Party .
Taney served as Chief Justice until his death in 1864, at which point Salmon P. Chase took office. Taney had been an important member of Andrew Jackson 's administration, an advocate of Jacksonian democracy , and had played a major role in the Bank War , during which Taney wrote a memo questioning the Supreme Court's power of judicial review. [ 1 ]
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Pages in category "Political parties established in 1836" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In addition to Jackson, his second Vice President and one of the key organizational leaders of the Jacksonian Democratic Party, Martin Van Buren, handily won the election of 1836. He helped shape modern presidential campaign organizations and methods.
usually considered the first U.S. political party nominating convention 1836: Anti-Masonic Philadelphia: 1836 no candidate nominated: 1840: Anti-Masonic Philadelphia 1838 William Henry Harrison By 1840, Anti-Masons had been largely absorbed into the Whig Party Liberty: Albany, New York: 1840 James G. Birney: first U.S. anti-slavery political ...
Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810 – February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 United States presidential election, losing to Republican Ulysses S. Grant.