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After leaving office, Taft returned to Yale as a professor, continuing his political activity and working against war through the League to Enforce Peace. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft chief justice, an office he had long sought. Chief Justice Taft was a conservative on business issues, and under him there were advances in ...
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
William Howard Taft National Historic Site is a historic house at 2038 Auburn Avenue in the Mount Auburn Historic District of Cincinnati, Ohio, a mile (1.6 km) north of Downtown. It was the birthplace and childhood home of William Howard Taft, the 27th president and the 10th chief justice of the United States.
Root returned to the private sector in 1904 and was replaced by William Howard Taft, who had previously served as the governor-general of the Philippines. [13] After Hay's death in 1905, Roosevelt convinced Root to return to the Cabinet as secretary of state, and Root remained in office until the final days of Roosevelt's tenure.
Alphonso Taft, who also served as United States Attorney General under President Ulysses S. Grant, delivered a powerful oratory on the Taft family and its roots in this area at this historic home during the reunion in 1874. [4] Young William Howard Taft, and his brother Charles Phelps Taft, who founded the Chicago Cubs, both likely heard the ...
Authorizing Reinstatement of Lillian E. Clark as Clerk in Office of Indian Affairs Without Regard to Civil Service Rules August 31, 1912 548 1595 Enlargement of Camp Overton Military Reservation, Province of Morano, Mindanao, P.I. August 31, 1912 549 1596
Snowiest Inauguration: William Taft, 1909 On the day of William H. Taft’s 1909 inauguration, nearly 10 inches of snow fell, setting the record for inauguration day.
The William H. Taft Mansion is a historical site located at 111 Whitney Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. It was built in 1870. It was built in 1870. It is known as the Taft Mansion because U.S. President William Howard Taft owned it for a period around the time of World War I, although he may never have lived in it. [ 1 ]