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Charles Phelps Taft. Charles Phelps Taft (December 21, 1843 – December 31, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served as editor of the Cincinnati Times-Star and owned both the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs baseball teams. [1] From 1895 to 1897, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives .
Charles Phelps Taft II. Charles Phelps Taft II (September 20, 1897 – June 24, 1983) was a U.S. Republican Party politician and member of the Taft family. From 1955 to 1957, he served as Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Like other members of his family, Taft was a Republican for the purposes of statewide elections. However, when running for ...
Jul 16, 2024 · Charles Phelps Taft II (1897-1983) Charles P. Taft, the son of President William Howard Taft and brother of Senator Robert Alphonso Taft, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended Yale University. After completing his World War I service in the U.S. Army, Taft opened a successful law practice and, like his father before him, became an influential, active Republican.
After Longworth’s residency, the house was occupied by David Sinton and his daughter Anna, who married Charles Phelps Taft in 1873. The Tafts lived in the house until their deaths. In 1908, Charles Taft’s half-brother William Howard Taft stood in front of the portico to accept the Republican nomination for US president.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phelps Taft were a wealthy couple, who entertained often in the midst of an impressive art collection including fine examples of old master paintings, Chinese porcelains, and rock crystals . The majority of their wealth came from Mrs. Taft, Anna Sinton.
Gathered for the 1925 dedication of the Alphonso Taft Hall were his sons (from left): Henry, a prominent New York attorney; former president William Howard, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; Charles Phelps, publisher of the Cincinnati Times-Star and former Ohio congressman; and Horace, founder and headmaster of a private boarding school in Connecticut.
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Taft family political fortunes faltered with Robert's death in 1953, and with Charles Phelps Taft II available to spearhead the movement, the William Howard Taft Memorial Association eventually acquired the house for $35,000 (the assessment price), instead of the $75,000 Bellinger was demanding for it.
