A Century of Federal Judicature. Nineteen associate justices served with Chief Justice Taney during his twenty-eight years' presidency. Of his associates at the time he took his seat—Story, Thompson, McLean, Baldwin, Wayne and Barbour—all save McLean and Wayne, had dropped out
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son and Grier alone survived, and Catron died in the following year. During the last two years of Taney 's tenure four new judges were appointed, but they, like his successor, belong to another era. Taney's principal as sociates in point of service were, therefore,
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before 1850. Meanwhile, Catron, McKinley, McLean, Wayne, Catron, Daniel, Nelson and Daniel, Xelson, Grier and Woodbury had Grier. succeeded to vacancies: and in the next dec- [ Among Taney's earlier associates Mcade came Curtis, Campbell and Clifford. At i Lean, Baldwin, Wayne and Catron were Taney's death, in 1864, Wayne, Catron, Nel- i most generally efficient. Justice McLean
