
	Where results make sense

Topic: Alphonso Taft

Related Topics

William Howard Taft IV

Bob Taft

Taft family

William Howard Taft

William Taft

William Howard Taft III

Robert Taft

List of Ohio politicians

Levi Lincoln

Benjamin Franklin Wade

James Metzenbaum

Andrew Johnson

Dick Celeste

William Huntington Russell

Howard Metzenbaum

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Bob Taft
		His great-great-grandfather Alphonso Taft was Secretary of War, Attorney General, and an ambassador; his great-grandfather William Howard Taft was President of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States; and his grandfather (Robert Alphonso Taft I) and his father (Robert Taft Jr.
		Kingsley A. Taft was a U.S. Senator from Ohio and Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.
		Bob Taft is also related to current president George W. Bush through at least three different marriages, ranging from 8th-cousin-once-removed to 11th-cousin-once-removed, as well as being a 9th cousin of Vice President Dick Cheney.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Bob_Taft (351 words)

	Presidents: William H. Taft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Taft was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati for elementary and high school.
		In 1900, Taft was appointed Commissioner of the Philippines.
		Taft was an avid enforcer of the anti-trust policies of the Roosevelt administration.
	www.multied.com /Bio/presidents/taft.html (557 words)

	Robert A. Taft
		Robert Alphonso Taft was born on September 8, 1889, in Cincinnati, into one of Ohio's most famous political families.
		Taft's failure to win the 1948 Republican nomination may be attributable to his reputation as an isolationist.
		Taft, Robert A. PartyTaft, William H.Taft-Hartley Labor Management Act Robert Alphonso Taft was born on September 8, 1899, in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father was William Howard Taft, a president of the United States. Robert Taft attended public schools in...
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1640.html (1227 words)

	Alphonso Taft Biography \| World of Criminal Justice
		Taft was born in Townshend, Vermont on Nov. 5, 1810.
		Taft was not implicated in these scandals and his appointment as attorney general was meant to restore credibility to the office.
		Taft was U.S. Minister to Austria in 1882 and Minister to Russia from 1884 to 1885.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/alphonso-taft-cri (522 words)

	The Cincinnati Post
		Tafts have both chronicled and molded community opinion through family-owned newspapers and TV stations, shaped the City Hall that has governed Cincinnati for three quarters of a century and lent their name to streets, schools, buildings and squares.
		Alphonso, who later described his ancestors as "men who knew how to get rich and men who dared to be poor," moved to Cincinnati in his late 20s and quickly established a flourishing law practice.
		Alphonso and his first wife had five children, only two of whom survived childhood, and in 1851 moved to a large home on Mount Auburn that would become famous as the birthplace of a president.
	www.cincypost.com /2004/05/15/taft051504.html (1866 words)

	Alphonso Taft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alphonso Taft (November 5, 1810 – May 21, 1891) was the Attorney General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and the founder of an American political dynasty.
		Taft was appointed Secretary of War by President Grant in March, 1876, and three months later Attorney General of the United States.
		Alphonso Taft died in San Diego, California, on May 21, 1891.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alphonso_Taft (450 words)

	Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for American President William Howard Taft, 1857-1930 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Taft's enthusiasm for the law made his election to a 5 year term in the superior court a welcome victory, and prepared him for an 8-year stint as judge of the United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (1892-1900).
		Taft soon became one of the president's most trusted advisors and personal friends, however, and on the eve of the election of 1908 Roosevelt, who had spent his administration pushing the limits of presidential power and championing progressive reforms chose not to seek reelection.
		Taft admitted to his confidants that he was relieved to be free of his executive office, and left Washington to serve as a professor at his alma mater, Yale University.
	obits.com /taftwilliamh.html (1017 words)

	Presidential Avenue: William Taft
		Alphonsos first order of business was to modernize the plumbing and put a large addition in the rear to accommodate his growing family.
		Alphonso also maintained an "observatory" - a telescope set up in the widow's walk - and was known to wake his family for late-night sightings of astronomical marvels.
		The eldest son, Robert Alphonso Taft, became a U.S. Senator from Ohio and General Dwight Eisenhower's principal opponent for the 1952 Republican nomination for president.
	www.presidentialavenue.com /wt.cfm (1777 words)

	Robert Alphonso Taft Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Robert Alphonso Taft was born September 8, 1889, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to William Howard Taft and Helen Herron Taft.
		His grandfather Alphonso had been President Grant's secretary of war and attorney general and his father was to be in turn solicitor general, a federal appeals judge, civil governor of the Philippines, and ultimately the only person ever to serve as president of the United States and afterward as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
		While Taft's opinions were generally logically stated and formulated, at times he did speak with an unflattering shrillness--as on Korea--for, after failing again to win the GOP's nomination in 1948, there is clear evidence that he badly wanted his party's nomination in 1952 and felt he could win the presidency.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/robert-alphonso-taft (1663 words)

	William H. Taft
		His father, Alphonso Taft, a native of Vermont and the son of a judge, had moved to Cincinnati in 1837 to practice law and later served as judge in Ohio, secretary of war and as attorney general under President Ulysses S. Grant.
		Roosevelt considered Taft one of his most valuable assets, so able was Taft that Roosevelt felt free to leave the capital whenever he wished, because he had "left Taft sitting on the lid." As Roosevelt's personal emissary Taft was sent on many diplomatic assignments.
		Taft prevented the seating of many Roosevelt delegates at the 1912 national convention with his control over the party machinery, and he kept the official Republican nomination for himself.
	www.williamtaft.org (1302 words)

	- toledoblade.com - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But it was Alphonso Taft, born in 1810 in Vermont, who first brought the family to national prominence, serving as a government minister and an ambassador and establishing many of the values and traditions that subsequent Taft generations would follow and embellish.
		Alphonso Taft was made secretary of war in 1876 when scandal struck President Ulysses S. Grant’s administration and made the appointment of a man of “unblemished reputation,” as one historian phrased it, a necessity.
		Alphonso Taft was a founding member of the Yale secret society, the Order of the Skull and Bones, says Alexandra Robbins, author of Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League and the Hidden Paths of Power.
	toledoblade.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050828/NEWS24/508280316 (2627 words)

	taft121699
		Tafts have both chronicled and molded community opinion through family-owned newspapers and TV s tations, shaped the City Hall that has governed Cincinnati for three quarters of a century, lent their na me to streets, schools, buildings and even introduced kindergartens to the city's public schools.
		Taft prospered as the afternoon daily's publisher, conceiving of the idea of leasing wires to gather news for the paper, which became a cornerstone of the family fortune.
		Taft - whose temperament was always more judicial than executive - displayed his lack o f political acumen through indifference to the gulf and to the growing hints that Roosevelt had be come so disenchanted with his protege that he was considering trying to depose him in 1912.
	www.cincypost.com /living/1999/taft121699.html (3969 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Presidents: William Howard Taft: Biography
		Alphonso Taft was a state judge from 1865-72, U.S. Secretary of War in 1876 (a position his son would later hold), U.S. Attorney General from 1876-77, Minister to Austria-Hungary from 1882-1884, and Minister to Russia from 1884-1885.
		Taft was persuaded by his wife to accept appointment by President William McKinley as chief administrator in the Philippines.
		Taft was widely praised for his work in the Philippines, in sponsoring land reform, road building, and honest and efficient government.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/P/wt27/about/taftbio.htm (1396 words)

	William Howard Taft
		William Howard Taft attended the public schools of Cincinnati, graduated at the Woodward High School of that city in 1874, and in the autumn entered Yale College, where he took high rank as a student and was prominent in athletics and in the social life of the institution.
		In 1896-1900 Judge Taft was professor and dean of the law department of the University of Cincinnati.
		Taft gained great influence among the more conservative Filipinos, and their entreaties to him to remain influenced him to decline the offer of a place upon the Supreme bench offered by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902.
	www.nndb.com /people/288/000026210 (1388 words)

	William Howard Taft's Boyhood Home--Reading 1
		The Taft house was a whirl of activity.
		Alphonso's tireless work for the Republican Party led to political appointments (for instance, he gave up a well-paying law practice for a city judgeship in 1865) that brought him increasing social prominence, but ultimately led to his departure from Cincinnati.
		Alphonso died in San Diego in May 1891 and was buried in Cincinnati.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/15taft/15facts1.htm (740 words)

	American President
		Taft's lifelong ambition was to serve as Chief Justice of the United States, to which he was appointed after leaving the presidency.
		Alphonso Taft was a distinguished Cincinnati attorney and a prominent Republican who served as secretary of war and then attorney general under President Grant, and was U.S. minister (ambassador) to Austria-Hungary and Russia under President Chester Arthur.
		Taft was disappointed, but pushed by his associates, including his wife, he took the job, with McKinley's promise of a future position on the Supreme Court upon his return.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/williamhowardtaft (899 words)

	Taft, Robert Alphonso - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		TAFT, ROBERT ALPHONSO [Taft, Robert Alphonso] 1889-1953, American politician, b.
		Taft was a supporter of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who condemned the Korean and China policies of the Truman administration.
		Republican," Taft was a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 1952 but lost to Dwight D. Eisenhower.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-taft-rob.html (401 words)

	Taft and Great American: Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Taft is of interest for its Australian involvement (the Taft-Hardie joint venture was the basis of the Southern Star production house acquired by Southern Cross broadcasting) and because its broadcasting operations ended up with Clear Channel, Viacom and Fox.
		Son William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was a Superior court judge in Ohio from 1887 to 1890, Judge of the federal Court of Appeals 1892 to 1900, Governor of the Philippine Islands from 1900 to 1904 and US Secretary of War from 1904 to 1908.
		William's son Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) - 'Mr Republican' or merely Mr UltraConservative - served as the Republican leader in the Senate, unsuccessfully seeking the Republican nomination for president in 1940, 1948, and 1952.
	www.ketupa.net /taft.htm (1118 words)

	USATODAY.com - Rare-coin deal buys scandal for Ohio governor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But Taft, 63, now is mired in a series of controversies that range from the state losing more than $10 million investing in rare coins to his golf outings allegedly paid for by lobbyists and businessmen but not reported on the governor's financial disclosure forms.
		Great-grandfather William Howard Taft was president from 1909 to 1913 and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1921 to 1930.
		Taft defeated an incumbent Democrat for secretary of state in 1991 and was elected governor in 1998.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-08-16-coingate-taft_x.htm (1298 words)

	Taft, Robert Alphonso. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		After the war Taft again became the voice of the isolationists: he voted against ratification of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and changed his position on the United Nations.
		Republican,”; Taft was a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 1952 but lost to Dwight D. Eisenhower.
		After Eisenhower’s election, Taft became Senate majority leader and a friend and influential adviser of Eisenhower in his first months as President.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ta/Taft-Rob.html (279 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Taft
		Great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; grandson of Alphonso Taft; nephew of Charles Phelps Taft and
		Great-great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; great-grandson of Alphonso Taft; grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft and Henry Waters Taft; grandson of
		Great-great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; great-grandson of Alphonso Taft; grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft and
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/taft.html (1320 words)

	Bob Taft - dKosopedia
		Taft won the 1998 Ohio gubernatorial race against Democrat Lee Fisher taking 50% of the vote to Fisher's 45% He was reelected in 2002, defeating Democrat Tim Hagan, taking 58% of the vote to Hagan's 38%.
		Taft was also ordered to apologize to the people of Ohio as well as state workers.
		His great-great-grandfather Alphonso Taft was secretary of war, attorney general, and an ambassador; his great-grandfather William Howard Taft was president and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; and his grandfather (Robert Alphonso Taft I) and his father (Robert Taft Jr.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Bob_Taft (715 words)

	Taft Museum of Art :: Collection Connection
		Although Alphonso Taft is perhaps best known in Cincinnati as the father of Museum founder Charles Phelps Taft, President William Howard Taft, and four other children, he had an illustrious career of his own.
		Taft sat for this portrait in 1869 while he and his family were touring Europe.
		Certain elements of the Taft portrait—the hyper smooth surface; the abstracted, seemingly inward-gazing eyes; and the pure white color—were intended to suggest an elevated realm of the soul.
	www.taftmuseum.org /CC-Sept2004.htm (1112 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)