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Oct 29, 2009 · Republican William Howard Taft (1857‑1930) served as the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913, and later became a Supreme Court Justice. He was the only person to hold both offices.
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Sep 11, 2024 · William Howard Taft (born September 15, 1857, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—died March 8, 1930, Washington, D.C.) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–13) and 10th chief justice of the United States (1921–30). As the choice of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him and carry on the progressive Republican agenda, Taft as president ...
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t. e. William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913, and the tenth chief justice of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1930, the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen ...
Apr 2, 2014 · William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 15, 1857. From a prominent political family, he followed his forebears into law and was on track to be a career jurist, well on his ...
Nov 21, 2023 · William Howard Taft served as the 27th president of the United States (1909-1913) and tenth chief justice of the United States (1921-1930). He is the only president to have held both offices.
- During the William Howard Taft presidency, from 1909 to 1913, the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission were expanded to include railway far...
- The Taft court made a number of conservative rulings, including blocking Congress from using taxes to regulate child labor, rejecting a minimum wag...
- William Howard Taft is most remembered for being the only U.S. president to also serve as chief justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Many people also...
- In addition to serving as president, Taft served as chief justice. He is the only U.S. president to occupy both posts. Taft was the first president...
By Peri E. Arnold. William Howard Taft faced the difficult task as President of living up to the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt. Taft so disappointed his predecessor, former mentor, and friend, that Roosevelt opposed his renomination in 1912 and bolted from the Republican Party to form his own "Bull-Moose" party, creating an opening for Democrat ...
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Taft, free of the Presidency, served as Professor of Law at Yale until President Harding made him Chief Justice of the United States, a position he held until just before his death in 1930. To ...
