Marshal was unable to serve the attachment order, as he was denied entrance to Fort McHenry. Thus, the contempt citation was never adjudicated. Furthermore, Taney declared Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus unconstitutional (see Ex parte Merryman). While Merryman was in jail awaiting a hearing, Taney had furniture and home-cooked meals brought to him in his cell. Merryman later named one of his sons Roger B. Taney Merryman in the Chief Justice's honor. Merryman was State Treasurer of Maryland from 1870 to 1872. See also Taney Arrest Warrant Hampton NHS, 19th century Footnotes Further reading Baker, Jean H. The Politics of Continuity; Maryland Political Parties from 1858 to 1870. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973. Maryland State Archives. Ex Parte Merryman. Retrieved October 12, 2007 from https://web.archive.org/web/20080519134303/http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net/000001/000000/000107/html/t107.html McGinty, Brian. The Body of John Merryman: Abraham Lincoln and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011. White, Jonathan W. Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil War: The Trials of John Merryman. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2011. 1824 births 1881 deaths State treasurers of Maryland People of the American Civil War People of Maryland in the American Civil War 19th-century American politicians