William Howard Taft
Twenty-seventh U.S. President |
March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1913
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VICE
PRESIDENT
James S. Sherman* |
FIRST
LADY
Helen Taft |
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*Died in Office
BORN: September 15, 1857
Cincinnati, Ohio
CHILDREN: 2 Sons, 1 Daughter
PROFESSION: Attorney, Judge
POLITICAL PARTY: Republican |
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HOME STATE: Ohio
POLITICAL OFFICES: Civil Governor of the Philippines, Secretarty of War (In 1921,after his Presidency he was appointed Chief Justice of the
U.S. Supreme Court, the political office he had always desired most.)
DIED: March 8, 1930 (Age - 72)
BURIED: Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia |
"The
nearer I get to the inauguration of my successor the greater the relief I feel.
President Taft after loosing the election of
1912
The truth is that in my present life I don't remember that I ever was
president." Written in 1925 to
demonstrate his pleasure at serving on the Supreme Court. |
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