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3 unusual facts about Taney


Morris-Taney-class cutter

Samuel Humphreys designed these cutters for roles as diverse as fighting pirates, privateers, combating smugglers and operating with naval forces.

Taney

Taney Parish, a Church of Ireland community in south Dublin, Ireland

Roger B. Taney (1777–1864), U.S. Attorney General and Chief Justice


Christian County, Missouri

The 2010 film Winter's Bone was filmed entirely in Taney County and Christian County.

Hudson-Kinahan baronets

The Hudson-Kinahan Baronetcy, of Glenville in the Parish of Ardnageehy, Barony of Barrymore, in the County of Cork; of Wyckham in the Parish of Taney, Barony of Rathdown, Tomiland of Dunclrum, in the County of Dublin; and of Merrion Square North in the City of Dublin, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

O'Reilly v. Morse

As Justice Taney, speaking for the majority of the Court, explained it, "He claims the exclusive right to every improvement where the motive power is the electric or galvanic current, and the result is the marking or printing in telligible characters, signs, or letters at a distance."

Taney County, Missouri

The 2010 film "Winter's Bone" was filmed entirely in Taney County and Christian County.

George W. Bush carried Taney County in 2000 and 2004 by more than two-to-one margins, and like many other rural counties throughout Missouri, Taney County strongly favored John McCain over Barack Obama in 2008.


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