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  2. Presidency of William Howard Taft - Wikipedia

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    The presidency of William Howard Taft began on March 4, 1909, ... (36) to become the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [75]

  3. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Taft Court

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    Taft v. Bowers: 278 U.S. 470 (1929) taxation of a gift of shares of stock under the Sixteenth Amendment (Chief Justice Taft did not participate) United States v. Schwimmer: 279 U.S. 644 (1929) denial of naturalization to a pacifist, overruled by Girouard v. United States (1946) Pocket Veto Case: 279 U.S. 655 (1929) constitutionality of the ...

  4. William Howard Taft - Wikipedia

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    William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States and the tenth chief justice of the United States, the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908 as a Republican and defeated for reelection in 1912 by Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson in a three-way race that ...

  5. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3 , Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures .

  6. Taft Court - Wikipedia

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    The Taft Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1921 to 1930, when William Howard Taft served as Chief Justice of the United States.Taft succeeded Edward Douglass White as Chief Justice after the latter's death, and Taft served as Chief Justice until his resignation, at which point Charles Evans Hughes was nominated and confirmed as Taft's replacement.

  7. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [6] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [7]

  8. History's Surprising Lesson for Musk and Ramaswamy - AOL

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    Elon Musk, William Howard Taft and Vivek Ramaswamy Credit - Musk: Jabin Botsford—The Washington Post/Getty Images; Taft: Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images; Ramaswamy: Michael M ...

  9. List of executive actions by William Howard Taft - Wikipedia

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    Listed below are executive orders numbered 1051–1743 and presidential proclamations signed by United States President William Howard Taft (1909–1913). He issued 724 executive orders. [8] His executive orders are also listed on Wikisource, along with his presidential proclamations. Signature of William Howard Taft