Appointed Andrew Jackson's second attorney general, when Jackson later tried to appoint him to the office of Secretary of the Treasury, he became the first cabinet nominee to be rejected by the Senate.
Appointed Andrew Jackson's second attorney general, when Jackson later tried to appoint him to the office of Secretary of the Treasury, he became the first cabinet nominee to be rejected by the Senate. Three years later, against the opposition of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, he was confirmed as John Marshall's successor on the Supreme Court. For ten points, name this controversial Chief Justice who wrote the majority opinion in the Dred Scott decision.
Appointed Andrew Jackson's second attorney general, when Jackson later tried to appoint him to the office of Secretary of the Treasury, he became the first cabinet nominee to be rejected by the Senate.
Roger Taney