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Yale College photograph of Taft, c. 1878. William Howard Taft was born September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alphonso Taft and Louise Torrey. [2] The Taft family was not wealthy, living in a modest home in the suburb of Mount Auburn.
The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845. When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.
April 14 - Taft establishes the tradition of the president throwing the ceremonial first pitch. [18] April 22 - Leonard Wood takes office as Chief of Staff of the United States Army. April 25 - Taft nominates Charles Evans Hughes to the Supreme Court of the United States. May 2 - Horace Harmon Lurton is sworn in as an associate justice of the ...
First president to appoint a former president (William Howard Taft) to the Supreme Court. [223] First president to give his inaugural address over an amplified system. [221] First president to own and install a radio in the White House. [221] First president to learn to drive a car. [224] First president to visit Canada while in office. [225]
The official residence of the Texas governor is the Texas Governor's Mansion, in Austin. The mansion was built in 1854 and has been the home of every governor since 1856. It is also one of the official workplaces for the governor. The governor's primary official workplace is located within the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
The inauguration of William Howard Taft as the 27th president of the United States was held on Thursday, March 4, 1909, at the Senate chamber inside the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., instead of the regular East Portico due to a blizzard.
Taft started tracking Santa the next Christmas Eve, in 1956, years before the age of computer graphics or digital effects. Former technical director Dick Shanklin was behind a camera on Christmas ...
The presidency of William Howard Taft began on March 4, 1909, when William Howard Taft was inaugurated as 27th president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1913. Taft was a Republican from Ohio.