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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. He is the only person to have held both offices.
Taft, more quietly than his predecessor, filed many more cases than did Roosevelt, and rejected his predecessor's contention that there was such a thing as a "good" trust. This lack of flair marked Taft's presidency; according to Lurie, Taft "was boring—honest, likable, but boring". [147]
June 25 - Taft signs the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, the Mann Act, and the Postal Savings Bank Act into law. June 27 - Robert A. Taft accidentally strikes a pedestrian with his car. President Taft offers compensation in addition to covering medical expenses. [21] July 2 - Taft sets aside nearly 8.5 million acres as federal land in Alaska. [22]
4 William Howard Taft (1909–1913) 5 Warren G. Harding (1921–1923) ... Timeline of the William Howard Taft presidency; Warren G. Harding (1921–1923)
Taftian Theory was coined after the governing style of the 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft. Most presidents prior to Franklin D Roosevelt subscribed to this theory, whereas more recent presidents (except Trump) subscribe to a stewardship theory. [3] [4]
As Sherman died 3 years, 240 days into this term, the office remained vacant for the balance: he was the last vice president to leave office intra-term prior to the ratification of the Twenty-fifth Amendment in 1967 (excluding Calvin Coolidge, Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson, who ascended to the presidency after the deaths of their ...
The William Howard Taft Presidency (University Press of Kansas, 2009) 51–64. Mowry, George E. Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement (1946) pp. 36–65 online. Mowry, George E. The Era of Theodore Roosevelt, 1900–1912 (1958) pp. 242–247 read online; Solvick, Stanley D. "William Howard Taft and the Payne–Aldrich Tariff."
The party nominated President William Howard Taft and Vice President James S. Sherman for re-election for the 1912 United States presidential election. Sherman died days before the election, and was replaced as Republican vice-presidential nominee by Nicholas Murray Butler of New York.