Chapter CXCIX

THE SUPREME COURT: ITS JUDGES, CLERK, ATTORNEY-GENERALS, REPORTERS AND MARSHALS DURING THE PERIOD TREATED OF IN THIS VOLUME.

CHIEF JUSTICE:--Roger Brooke Taney, of Maryland, appointed in 1836: continues, 1850.

JUSTICES:--Joseph Story, of Massachusetts, appointed, 1811: died 1845.--John McLean, of Ohio, appointed, 1829: continues, 1850.--James M. Wayne, of Georgia, appointed, 1835: continues, 1850.--John Catron, of Tennessee, appointed, 1837: continues, 1850.--Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire, appointed, 1845: continues, 1850.--Robert C. Grier, of Pennsylvania, appointed, 1846: continues, 1850.

ATTORNEY-GENERALS:--Henry D. Gilpin, of Pennsylvania, appointed, 1840.--John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, appointed, 1841.--Hugh S. Legare, of South Carolina, appointed, 1841.--John Nelson, of Maryland, appointed, 1843.--John Y. Mason, of Virginia, appointed, 1846.--Nathan Clifford, of Maine, appointed, 1846.--Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut, appointed, 1848.--Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, appointed, 1849.--John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, appointed, 1850.

CLERK:--William Thomas Carroll, of the District of Columbia, appointed, 1827: continues, 1850.

REPORTERS OF DECISIONS:--Richard Peters, jr., of Pennsylvania, appointed, 1828.--Benjamin C. Howard, appointed, 1843: continues, 1850.

MARSHALS:--Alexander Hunter, appointed, 1834.--Robert Wallace, appointed, 1848.--Richard Wallach, appointed, 1849.