As I said in the last post, only one of the Supreme Court Justices who voted on the Dred Scott Decision, was not a Democrat. Benjamin Robbins Curtis (Massachusetts) who was a Whig.
The other justices and state they were from:
Roger Taney (Maryland)
John McLean (Ohio)
James Moore Wayne (Georgia)
John Catron (Tennessee)
Peter Vivian Daniel (Virginia)
Samuel Nelson (New York)
Robert Cooper Grier (Pennsylvania)
John Archibald Campbell (Alabama)
So, five were from slave-holding states. This means that two from free states also voted with the majority. I would have expected a 5-4 vote.
So, if you hate Taney for writing the court's decision, you also might want to think about the other six justices who agreed with him. But, you have to remember, this was the way of thinking back then. And, please don't forget that the justices who voted against Dred Scott were Democrats. This was also the party that kept Blacks down for so long.
--Old Secesh
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