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William Howard Taft
Twenty-seventh U.S. President

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March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1913

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James S. Sherman*

FIRST LADY
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Helen Taft
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*Died in Office
     Cincinnati, Ohio
CHILDREN:  2 Sons, 1 Daughter
PROFESSION:  Attorney, Judge
POLITICAL PARTY:  Republican
HOME STATE:  Ohio
POLITICAL OFFICES:  Civil Governor of the Philippines, Secretary 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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