Roger B. Taney was not an abolitionist.
Roger B. Taney was born on 1777-03-17.
Roger B. Taney died on 1864-10-12.
He and his wife had 6 children, all girls.
There was no "after the war" for Chief Justice Roger B. Taney; he died in October 1864.
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
Roger B. Taney was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Roger B. Taney's daughters married into the Key and Stockton families. One daughter, Alice Taney, married U.S. Congressman and diplomat Philip Barton Key II, while another daughter, Elizabeth, married U.S. Congressman Robert Field Stockton.
1777
No.
Old age.
Yes, Roger Taney and Justice Roger Taney are the same person. Roger B. Taney served as the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, known for his controversial opinion in the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford case.