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e. William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) 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 successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was ...
1857–1930. William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Known for his legal expertise, he held many significant positions, including Governor-General of the Philippines and Secretary of War.
En su defecto, y tal y como él buscaba evitar, el presidente electo en 1912 fue el republicano y conservador William Howard Taft, que es descrito como "distinguido jurista, administrador eficaz, pero mal político", en palabras de la Casa Blanca.
Republican Party nominee William Howard Taft defeated three-time Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan. The incumbent in 1908, Theodore Roosevelt. His second term expired at noon on March 4, 1909.
A Republican and the son of former president William Howard Taft, Robert Taft was a critic of the internationalist and interventionist foreign policy that characterized the presidencies of Harry Truman (1884–1972) and Dwight Eisenhower (1890–1969).
Instead, he had helped elect his protégé, William Howard Taft. But within four years, the two had a falling out and Roosevelt decided to challenge Taft for the presidency.
William Howard Taft (1921-1930) Collections relating to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft. The following collection titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog .
