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President William Howard Taft
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William Howard Taft
is the 27th President and serves from 1909 to 1913. |
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Vice Pres. |
James
Schoolcraft Sherman was Vice President.
He was a U.S. Rep. and a U.S. Senator from
Ohio and served as U.
S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Sherman was born in Utica, Oneida County,
New York on October
24, 1855.
He died in office on October 30, 1912 in Utica, Oneida
County, New York.
The President Pro Tempore of the Senate was acting Vice
President and next in line to succeed to the presidency. There
were several turn-over of the position from 1911 to 1913
rotating among Augustus O. Bacon, Charles Curtis, Jacob H.
Gallinger, Frank B. Brandegee, and Henry Cabot Lodge. |
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First Lady |
Helen
"Nellie" (Herron) Taft was First Lady and they had 3 children. |
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William Howard Taft
was a
Republican from
Ohio.
William Taft had the first presidential car.
W. H. Taft
throws out the first Major League Baseball season Opening Day
pitch on April 14, 1910.
Taft maintained the policy of high tariffs.
Taft was the first President to sit on the Supreme Court after
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Inaug. Addr. |
"...
I invoke the considerate sympathy and support of my
fellow-citizens and the aid of the Almighty God in the discharge
of my responsible duties."
- President William Taft, Inaugural Address. |
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Quotes |
"Next to the right of
liberty, the right of property is the most important individual
right guaranteed by the Constitution . . ." - President
William Taft.
"The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge
of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an
ever-present and not always considerate press, as well as the
kindly suggestions that not infrequently come from Congress." -
President William Taft.
"Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick." - President William
Taft.
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Birth Death |
Taft was born in
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio on September 15, 1857.
He died in Washington, D.C., March 8, 1930. |
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