The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-10-21
Death Of Chief Justice fancy,

Death Of Chief Justice fancy.
The Hon Roger d. fancy, Chief Jus.
tce ofthe Supreme Court Of the United
States, died ~ou Wednesday last, 18th
inst, at his residence in Washington, af-
ter brief illness. O..
Chief Justice fancy was born March
II, III, in Calvert county, Maryland, to
which State his forcEathcrs emigrated
about the year 1850. He was educated at
Dickinson College, Carlisle, whore he grad.
uatcd in 1895. In the spring of 1876 he
commenced the study of the law at the CT.
~ Of Annapolis, where the principal
courts Of Maryland were then held. He
afterwards, i'll 1901 removed to Frederick
town, in Frederick county. IL 1916 he
was dlect,d in that county as one of the
electors Of the Senate, and was chosen by
the electoral body member Of the Sem
ate of Maryland. Under the constitution
of Maryland, as it ,hen stood, the State
Senate consisted of fifteen mem bers, whose
term of service was five years, and who
were chosen by a body of electors COM
posed Of two members elected by the peo-
pie, from each county, and one from Bal.
timore and one from Annapolis. After
the expiration Of his term oil Office in the
Sen tie, Mr. fancy returned to private
life, and continued the practice of law in
Frederick until 1923, when he removed
to Baltimore. In 1927 he was appoin-
ted Attorney General of Maryland by the
Governor and Council, and it is, perhaps,
proper to mention, as the fact is equal v
honorable TO both parties, that the Gov
ernor and Council and Mr.. fancy were,
a; the time of the appointment, politically
opposed to each other-the Governor be-
ing the friend of Mr. Adams, who was
then President, and the latter being equal
~ decided and open in supporting General
jackson. Mr.. fancy continued to hold
the office Of Attorney General of Mary
land until June, 1881, when he resigned
upon receiving the appointment of Attor-
uey General Of the United States. This
office lie resigned in September, 1888,
when President. Jackson directed the then
Secretary Of the Treasury, VIM. j. Duane,
to deposit the money of the United States
IN certain banks designated by him, as he
thought the United States Bank had re-
solved itself into permanent electioneer-
ing institution. The Secretary refused to
obey the instructions of the President,
when the latter ordered his removal, and
the appointment of Mr.. fancy to fill the
vacancy. A prcsentiment of what would
happen induced President jackson TO de-
lay, until near the end of the session the
nomination of Mr.. fancy for Secretary of
the Treasury. He had offended the Bank
OF the United States too much to cxpy ct
his confirmation in the present temper of
the Senate, and the nomination was not
sent in until the last day of the session
(June %, 1889, when it was Immediate
ly rejected. Mir. fancy, hercupon resign
ed his office on the same day. lie then
returned to Baltimore and resumed the
practice Of law. In 1885 Judge Duvall
resigned his Office as Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court, and General jackson
nominated Mr.. fancy to fill the vacancy.
The majority Of the Senate, however, re-
fused to act upon the nomination until
the last moment of the session, when it was
postponed indefinitely -' .''.
Before the next session of Congress
Chief Justice Marshall died, and Mr., Ia
ney was nominated for the Office of Chief
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, and the political complexion Of the
Senate having changed, his nomination
was confirmed by that body in March,
1886, and he took his seat upon the hcnci
Of the Supreme Count in January, 1887.
Our space will not permit us to speak in
detail of the able and diguiGed manner in
which Justice fancy has discharged his
duties as the chief of the highest coult in
the land, and for the deep, crudite and
profound legal knowledge with which his
decisions in important cases have been
characterized. The most important deci-
sion in which Judge fancy occupied a
prominent part in its authorship, was that
for the rendition of the fugitive slave bred
Scott. The document showed abundant
proofs Of deep legal research, as we'll as
profound craftsmanship.
Chief Justice fancy, after long life Of
honor and probity, died in his SSth year.
May his soul rest in peace Catholic
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