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e. William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913, and the tenth chief justice of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1930, the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was ...
His handpicked successor, William Howard Taft, had turned out to be more conservative than he expected. Tariff reform of the record-high Dingley Tariff under him had only produced a net 5% reduction on tariffs, as he had given in to conservative Republican leaders in getting a weak reduction bill through in the Aldrich-Payne Tariff.
William Howard Taft Memorial. 1991 / William T. Moore III / Cincinnati. Portrait figure of William Howard Taft dressed in the robes of Chief Justice. His proper left arm is bent and holds a book close to his body.
US first lady Helen Taft, who had lived in the Philippines while her husband William Howard Taft Luneta Park was civilian governor general in the Philippines, wanted to have a public space in DC ...
Instead, Roosevelt settled on his Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, who had ably served under Presidents Harrison, McKinley, and Roosevelt in various positions. Roosevelt and Taft had been friends since 1890, and Taft had consistently supported President Roosevelt's policies.
“It’s Mr. Taft!". William Howard Taft has finally arrived from Fujian after a long journey to Connecticut. Almost immediately he met Lodge to begin a conversation. As the fourth ballot drew near, Taft and Lodge emerged from a smoke-filled room. Taft would pull out of the race and declared his support for Lodge’s nomination.
Recorded October 1931. Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Republican Party, he held office during the onset of the Great Depression. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover ...
