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Senator Robert A. Taft (1889-1953), son of President William Howard Taft, became known as "Mr. Republican" for helping to rebuild his party after the Great Depression and the Democratic dominance of the New Deal years. When the 1946 election gave the Republicans control of the Senate, Taft chose not to serve as majority leader. Instead, he ...
Thomas Vernor Smith, Robert Alphonso Taft. DIANE Publishing, 1939 - Democracy - 346 pages . Preview this book ...
Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. fue un político conservador estadounidense, abogado y miembro del Partido Republicano. Taft representó a Ohio en el Senado de los Estados Unidos, se desempeñó brevemente como Líder de la mayoría del Senado y fue líder de la coalición conservadora de republicanos y demócratas conservadores que impidieron la expansión del New Deal.
Robert Alphonso Taft, Sr. (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953), son of President William Howard Taft, was a leading Republican Senator (1938–53) and known as "Mr. Republican". He was a leader of the Conservative Coalition, working with other Northern Republicans and some Southern Democrats to control Congress on most domestic issues (aside ...
Robert Alphonso Taft —continued Y ale University Art Professor Deane Keller was recom mended by Robert Taft’s brother Charles to paint the senator’s portrait for one of the oval wall panels in the Senate Reception Room of the Capitol. Keller, of Hamden, Connecticut, was considered the “unofficial artist” of Yale, Robert Taft’s ...
Robert Alphonso Taft was born on September 8, 1889, in Cincinnati, into one of Ohio `s most famous political families. His grandfather, Alphonso, had been President Ulysses S. Grant `s secretary of war. His father was William Howard Taft, later to become the 19th president of the United States. Robert Taft was a junior at Yale University when ...
Robert Taft Sr.'s grandson Josiah Taft died prematurely, at the age of 47, and his widow, Lydia Taft, became America's First Woman Voter in 1756. Another descendant of Taft was Ezra Taft Benson who was United States Secretary of Agriculture before being called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and, ultimately, the President of the church ...
