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Photographer: Internet Archive
Caption: Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney and Abraham Lincoln
Additional Description: This reproduction of Henry Roben's oil painting of Taney swearing Lincoln in appeared on the cover of Valley's of History, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1966, accompanying Judge Delaplaine's article on Taney.

“Shown in the picture from left are William H. Seward, Secretary of State; John C. Breckinridge, retiring Vice President; Taney; Edward D. Baker, who introduced Lincoln to the inaugural crowd; William T. Carroll, clerk of the U. S. Supreme Court (holding the bible); James Buchanan, retiring President; Lincoln; Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury; Stephen A. Douglas, one of Lincoln's opponents for the Presidency; and Horace Greeley.” — Valley's of History,
Submitted: June 22, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p386391
File Size: 2.103 Megabytes

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