James William M'Culloh
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James William M'Culloh (often misspelled McCulloch) (born: 5 February 1789) was cashier at the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States after it was rechartered in 1816 by President James Madison. In response, Maryland passes a law which placed a tax on all banks operating within the state not chartered by the state. The Bank of the United States was the only bank operating in Maryland which met this proviso and was targeted as a way for Maryland to rebel against the creation of a national bank by the Federal Government. McCulloch refused to pay the tax when time came for it to be collected resulting in his being sued by the state. The state supreme court upheld the tax and it went to the US Supreme Court as M'Culloh v. Maryland.
[edit] References
- Hall, Kermit L. et al., American Legal History: Cases and Materials, second ed., Oxford Press:New York. 1996.
- Killenbeck, Mark R., "M'Culloch v. Maryland: Securing a Nation", University of Kansas, Lawrence:Kansas, 2006.
