Roger B. Taney Monument (Annapolis)

The Roger B. Taney Monument is a statue of Roger Brooke Taney (1777–1864), who was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States and titular head of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed by President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845, served 1829-1837) and later confirmed by vote of the upper chamber of the Congress of the United States in the U.S. Senate. He served 29 years on the high court / judicial branch of the federal government until the near end of the administration of President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865, served 1861-1865), during the American Civil War (1861-1865).

Taney's memorial statue was installed in Annapolis, Maryland, on the east front / original side of the historic Maryland State House grounds surrounded by State Circle. The sculpture, by the prominent Baltimore and Maryland artist / sculptor William Henry Rinehart (1825-1874), who died only two years after he completed his work of fellow Marylander Taney at the young age of 49 years old. It was unveiled on December 10, 1872, eight years after Chief Justice Taney's death in 1864. The sculpture, made of bronze on a granite stone pedestal, was commissioned by the state legislature, the bicameral General Assembly of Maryland.