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William Howard Taft: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress; Extensive essay on William Howard Taft and shorter essays on each member of his cabinet and the First Lady – Miller Center of Public Affairs "Life Portrait of William Howard Taft", from C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits, September 6, 1999
White's ousting caused other career State Department employees to fear that their jobs might be lost to politics. Taft also wanted to replace the Roosevelt-appointed ambassador in London, Whitelaw Reid, but Reid, owner of the New-York Tribune, had backed Taft during the campaign, and both William and Nellie Taft enjoyed his gossipy reports ...
Penick, Jr., James, Progressive Politics and Conservation. The Ballinger-Pinchot Affair (University of Chicago Press, 1968), a standard scholarly history. Ponder, Stephen. " 'Nonpublicity' and the Unmaking of a President: William Howard Taft and the Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy of 1909–1910." Journalism History 19.4 (1994): 111-120. Simpson ...
Taft with Woodrow Wilson prior to the latter's inauguration. March 4, 1913. January 20 - Taft accepts a position as professor at Yale Law School. [54] February 8 - Taft personally attends a session of Congress to deliver a eulogy for Vice President James S. Sherman. This is the first time a president has attended a session of Congress ...
According to historian George E. Mowry, "From the first of April until June, he waged one of the most strenuous campaigns in American political history." [ 74 ] The results were evident; he nearly swept the remaining primaries and drew close to Taft before the convention.
Dollar diplomacy of the United States, particularly during the presidency of William Howard Taft (1909–1913) was a form of American foreign policy to minimize the use or threat of military force and instead further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through the use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. [1]
The 1912 United States elections elected the members of the 63rd United States Congress, occurring during the Fourth Party System.Amidst a division between incumbent Republican president William Howard Taft and former Republican president Theodore Roosevelt, the Democratic Party won the presidency and both chambers of Congress, the first time they accomplished that feat since the 1892 elections.
In the speech, Taft discussed the success of the fourth Pan-American Conference. In terms of foreign policy, the President mentioned that special efforts should be undertaken to ensure continued American dominance of commerce abroad. President Taft also discusses the effectiveness of the Court of the Hague by saying: [2]