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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 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 ...
William Howard Taft (September 15, ... 1909 inauguration. Taft was sworn in as president on March 4, 1909. Due to a winter storm that coated Washington with ice, Taft ...
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.
First president to ride to and from his inauguration in a car. [33] First president to appoint a former president (William Howard Taft) to the Supreme Court. [222] First president to give his inaugural address over an amplified system. [220] First president to own and install a radio in the White House. [220] First president to learn to drive a ...
In 1909, William H. Taft's inauguration was moved to the Senate Chamber due to a blizzard. [8] Then, in 1985, the public second inauguration of Ronald Reagan was held indoors in the Capitol Rotunda because of harsh weather conditions. The first inauguration of Andrew Jackson, in 1829
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 ...
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."