Word: jacksonians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Jacksonian Democracy", Professor Wright, Boylston...
...nominee for this highest judicial post been more severely flayed in the Senate than Mr. Hughes. Taney was opposed for just the reverse of the reasons advanced against Mr. Hughes. He was a Southern Democrat whom such Whigs as Clay and Webster denounced as "a tool of Jacksonian power"-just as Mr. Hughes was denounced as "a tool of Hooverian power." Progressives charged Mr. Hughes with favoring monopoly; Whigs excoriated Taney for opposing it. Both were conceded to be excellent lawyers. The Senate confirmed Taney as Chief Justice March 15, 1836, by a vote of 29 to 15. He lived...