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  2. William Howard Taft - Wikipedia

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    Vice President: James S. Sherman ... William Howard Taft (September 15, ... Taft was sworn in as president on March 4, 1909. Due to a winter storm that coated ...

  3. Inauguration of William Howard Taft - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Timeline of the William Howard Taft presidency - Wikipedia

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    March 4 - The Inauguration of William Howard Taft takes place. April 7 - Taft orders that the deaf be allowed to take the civil service exam. [1] April 19 - Taft attends a Major League Baseball game with Vice President James S. Sherman, the first such game to be spectated by a president. [2]

  5. Presidency of William Howard Taft - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. List of vice presidents of the United States by time in office

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    The length of a full four-year vice-presidential term of office amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). If counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. Since 1789, there have been 49 people sworn into office as Vice President of the United States. Of these, nine ...

  7. List of United States presidential firsts - Wikipedia

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    Following the resignation of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford being sworn in by Warren Burger, was the first man to ascend to the presidency without being elected to either the offices of the president or vice president. First president born in Nebraska. [352] First president to be an Eagle Scout, and receive the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. [353]

  8. List of nicknames of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The American Cincinnatus: [1] Like the famous Roman, he won a war, then became a private citizen instead of seeking power or riches as a reward. He became the first president general of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by Revolutionary War officers who also "declined offers of power and position to return to his home and plough".

  9. James S. Sherman - Wikipedia

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    James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was an American politician who served as the 27th vice president of the United States under President William Howard Taft from 1909 until his death in 1912.