THE SUPREME COURT--JUDGES AND OFFICERS.
The death of Chief Justice Marshall had vacated that high office,
and Roger B. Taney, Esq., was nominated to fill it. He still
encountered opposition in the Senate; but only enough to show
how much that opposition had declined since the time when he
was rejected as Secretary of the Treasury. The vote against his
confirmation was reduced to fifteen; namely: Messrs. Black of
Mississippi; Calhoun, Clay, Crittenden; Ewing of Ohio; Leigh of
Virginia; Mangum; Naudain of Delaware; Porter of Louisiana; Preston;
Robbins of Rhode Island; Southard, Tomlinson, Webster, White of
Tennessee.
Among the Justices of the Supreme Court, these changes took place
from the commencement of this View to the end of General Jackson's
administration: Smith Thompson, Esq., of New York, in 1823, in place
of Brockholst Livingston, Esq., deceased; Robert Trimble, Esq., of
Kentucky, in 1826, in place of Thomas Todd, deceased; John McLean,
Esq., of Ohio, in 1829, in place of Robert Trimble, deceased;
Henry Baldwin, Esq., of Pennsylvania, in 1830, in place of Bushrod
Washington, deceased; James M. Wayne, Esq., of Georgia, in 1835,
in place of William Johnson, deceased; Philip P. Barbour, Esq., of
Virginia, in 1836, in place of Gabriel Duval, resigned.
In the same time, William Griffith, Esq. of New Jersey, was
appointed Clerk, in 1826, in place of Elias B. Caldwell, deceased;
and William Thomas Carroll, Esq., of the District of Columbia, was
appointed, in 1827, in place William Griffith, deceased. Of the
reporters of the decisions of the Supreme Court, Richard Peters,
jr., Esq., of Pennsylvania, was appointed, in 1828, in place of
Henry Wheaton; and Benjamin C. Howard, Esq., of Maryland, was
appointed, in 1843, to succeed Mr. Peters, deceased.
The Marshals of the District, during the same period, were: Henry
Ashton, of the District of Columbia, appointed, in 1831, in place of
Tench Ringgold; Alexander Hunter, of the same District, in place of
Henry Ashton; Robert Wallace, in 1848 in place of Alexander Hunter,
deceased; Richard Wallach, in 1849, in place of Robert Wallace; and
Jonah D. Hoover, in 1853, in place of Richard Wallach.