Roger B. Taney is a bronze statue of Roger B. Taney

Roger B. Taney

Roger Brooke Taney was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. He was the first Roman Catholic to hold that office or sit on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was also the eleventh United States Attorney General. He is most...

, by William Henry Rinehart

William Henry Rinehart

William Henry Rinehart was a noted American sculptor. He is considered "the last important American sculptor to work in the classical style."-Biography:...

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It is located in the North Garden, at Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore

Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...

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The statue is a recast of the original at Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...

The inscription reads:

(On rear proper left side of sculpture:)

inv et(?) mod. W. H. Rinehart Rom

(On rear proper right side of sculpture:)

FERD. VON MILLER

(...inscription illegible)

MUNCHEN 188(?)

(On book in figure's proper left hand:)

THE

CONSTITUTION

(On plaque on front of granite base:)

ROGER B. TANEY OF MARYLAND

CHIEF JUSTICE

signed Founder's mark appears

External links

• http://monumentcity.net/2009/05/15/roger-b-taney-monument-baltimore-md/
• http://wikimapia.org/13067629/Statue-of-Roger-B-Taney