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The Taney Court (1836–64)

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What famous person was related to Taney?

Attorney Francis Scott Key, author of the “Star Spangled Banner,” was the brother of Taney’s wife, Anne Phoebe Carlton Key.



U.S. Supreme Court chief justice Roger Taney. Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
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