William Howard Taft27th President of the United
StatesBy Jordan Alley
Early Life
Born September 1857.
Louisa Maria Torrey and Alphonso Taft
Attended Yale College
University of Cincinnati College of Law
Married High School Sweetheart
Three Children
Preferred Law, not Politics
Early Life Entered Politics
Became a judge at the Ohio Superior Court
County prosecutor
State judge
U.S Solicitor General
U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Became Governor general of the Philippines
Roosevelt offers Taft to become Secretary of War
Roosevelt announces Taft as his successor
Taft runs for presidency
Presidency Election of 1908
Presidency Stuck in the bathtub myth
Not following Roosevelt’s policies
Dollar Diplomacy
Trust-Busting
Roosevelt wanted revenge
Fought for the republican nomination
Bull Moose Party
Election of 1912
PresidencyElection of 1912
Post-Presidency Lost 240lbs
Yale University Law School
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Judge’s Act of 1925
Died March 8th 1930
Post-Presidency Courthouses in Ohio were named after him
Streets in Cincinnati
A school in California
A major street in the Philippines
Robert Taft Jr. became a senator in Ohio
William Howard Taft III became ambassador to Ireland
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videos/theodore-roosevelt-bull-moose-party-12663875798 http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/gildedage/
section10.rhtml http://news.yahoo.com/clearing-william-howard-taft-bathtub-
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