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	Helen Herron Taft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Helen Herron "Nellie" Taft (June 2, 1861 - May 22, 1943), wife of William Howard Taft, was First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913.
		Taft welcomed each step in her husband's political career: state judge, Solicitor General of the United States, federal circuit judge.
		Charles Phelps Taft II (1897-1983), mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helen_Herron_Taft (399 words)

	American President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Helen Herron Taft’s political ambitions for her husband, along with her avid interest in politics, were of a piece with her discomfort with the peripheral role assigned in late nineteenth century American to young women of her class.
		Taft was a well-educated, imaginative, and energetic person in a time and place that offered a woman of her genteel class few opportunities for direct expression of her abilities.
		Taft's campaign in 1909 for planting thousands of the young flowering trees that she recalled from her years in the Orient while her husband was govenor of the Philippines.
	americanpresident.org /history/williamhowardtaft/firstlady/email.html (694 words)

	Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for American President William Howard Taft, 1857-1930 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		By the age of 30 Taft was named to fill the unfinished term of an Ohio superior court judge, and was newly married to Helen Herron, the 4th daughter of a wealthy and influential Cincinnati family with powerful political friends.
		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)

	Williams H. Taft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Helen Herron Taft was born on Jan. 2, 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
		Robert Alphonso Taft was born on Sept. 8, 1889 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
		Charles Phelps Taft was born on Sept. 20, 1987 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
	www.unionfrancaise.org /williams_howard_taft.htm (286 words)

	Helen Herron Taft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943) was the wife of William Howard Taft, who served as president of the United States from 1909 to 1913.
		Taft, whose maiden name was Helen Herron, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 2, 1861.
		Taft is responsible for the famous Japanese cherry trees that encircle the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. After she expressed interest in such trees, the mayor of Tokyo presented some to the United States.
	www.worldbook.com /features/presidents/html/taft_helen.htm (444 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)

	USA-Presidents.Info - William Howard Taft
		William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 - March 8, 1930) was the 27th (1909 - 1913) President of the United States, and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States.
		Taft disliked the campaign--"one of the most uncomfortable four months of my life." But he pledged his loyalty to the Roosevelt program, popular in the West, while his brother Charles reassured eastern Republicans.
		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.
	www.usa-presidents.info /taft.htm (573 words)

	Biography of HELEN HERRON TAFT
		Taft had had a taste of being a First Lady (when her husband was appointed Governor of the Philippines in 1900) and she liked it.
		Taft won the election and a proud Nellie broke precedent when she rode with her husband to the White House after the inauguration.
		Taft was defeated in the election of 1912.
	www.multied.com /Bio/ladies/taft.html (312 words)

	Wikinfo \| William Howard Taft
		William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 - March 8, 1930) was the 27th (1909-1913) President of the United States, and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States.
		From 1901 to 1904 Taft served successfully as the first civilian governor of the Philippines.
		The former president's son, Robert A. Taft, was elected to the Senate.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=William_Howard_Taft (438 words)

	Helen Taft, First Lady (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Helen Herron was born on June 2, 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
		Taft was responsible for planting three thousand cherry trees in Washington D.C. Washington is still famous for its cherry trees.
		Helen was very sad when she had to leave the White House in 1913.
	www.classroomhelp.com /lessons/firstladies/HTaft.html (214 words)

	First Ladies' Biographical Information
		When Taft was sent to the Vatican to negotiate the transfer of church lands to the state, Nellie went with him and had an audience with Pope Leo XIII.
		Nellie grieved for Taft after his death in 1930, but her life continued at a whirlwind pace with trips to Europe, with visits to and from her grandchildren and with watching her son Robertâs successful career as Senator from Ohio.
		Nellie Taftâs life, in some ways, was a tragedy â“ a tragedy of a woman with drive, intelligence, ambition and will power, who was burdened by the underlying insecurity of her own doubts and with societyâs limitations on women.
	www.firstladies.org /biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=27 (2000 words)

	William Howard Taft: Mental Decline
		Taft was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1923 -- the only President ever to serve on the high court.
		Taft made a minor variation, of no importance at all, in the words, and a small girl in New York wrote to say that she had listened and to correct him.
		Taft and Pickwick: sleep apnea in the White House.
	www.doctorzebra.com /prez/z_X27DECLINE_t.htm (893 words)

	Helen Herron Taft -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		On inauguration day in 1909, Helen Herron Taft—wife of William H. Taft, 27th president of the United States—broke an old tradition and became the first president's wife to ride beside him as he left the inaugural site at the United States Capitol instead of in another carriage behind him.
		It was founded in 1895 by the all-female board of trustees of the Cincinnati Orchestra Association, headed by Helen Herron Taft, wife of future U.S. president William Howard Taft.
		Taft, Robert A. Republican leader in the U.S. Senate for 14 years (1939–53) whose espousal of traditional conservatism won him the sobriquet “Mr.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9351363 (663 words)

	Ninth Generation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		William Howard TAFT was born on 15 Sep 1857 in Cincinnati, OH.
		William Howard TAFT and Helen ("Nellie") HERRON were married on 19 Jun 1886 in Cincinnati, OH.
		Helen ("Nellie") HERRON (daughter of Judge John Williamson HERRON and Harriet Anne COLLINS) was born on 2 Jun 1861 in Cincinnati, OH.
	home.earthlink.net /~pbkingman/Kingman/b10649.htm (79 words)

	President William Taft: Health & Medical History
		Taft described the treatments of Dr. Richardson and others as "he blew me out" and speculated "I fancy these fellows put some cocaine in their treatment" [25c].
		Taft continued to have attacks as President [6b] and in later life wore a gout shoe [18e].
		Taft was "tall and heavy (though well-proportioned)." He weighed from 300 to 340 pounds most of the time he was in the White House.
	www.doctorzebra.com /prez/g27.htm (4154 words)

	The Presidents' Project - Taft - Family
		To Alphonso and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft, William Howard Taft was born in the Mount Auburn part of Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15, 1857.
		Taft continued his education at Yale University where he graduated second in his class out of 132 students.
		She married Taft principally because of his respect for her intellect, but also because she sincerely believed that he would be president some day.
	surfaquarium.com /PP/Taft/page2.htm (214 words)

	The Enquirer - Taft family legacy tainted? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Cincinnati and in Washington, the Taft name is everywhere: on roads, on museums, on schools, on the U.S. Supreme Court, in the White House, and at Arlington National Cemetery.
		A portrait of Helen Herron Taft hangs in the grand staircase at the White House, which is used on ceremonial occasions by guests of President Bush.
		Taft Museum of Art, a collection of memorabilia and paintings from the family of Charles Phelps Taft, the elder half-brother of President William Howard Taft.
	news.enquirer.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050821/NEWS01/508210400 (1847 words)

	William Taft
		Taft was the first president to use the term "anti-Semitism" and to object to this trend in American political discourse.
		Taft was very disappointed with her husband'd loss of the 1912 election, adding fuel to her dislike of Roosevelt.
		Helen acted as the White House hostess for her ailing mother despote the fact that she was still a teenager.
	histclo.com /pres/ind20/taft.html (3263 words)

	Helen Herron Taft biography
		FAMILY BACKGROUND: Helen “Nellie” was the fourth child (of 11 children) born to John Williamson Herron and Harriet Collins Herron.
		In 1877, the Herrons were invited for a two-week visit to the Hayes at the White House, where Lucy Hayes Herron (named for First Lady Lucy Hayes) would be christened.
		At a sledding party, she met William Howard Taft, a young attorney, and invited him to the literary salon.
	www.lkwdpl.org /wihohio/taft-hel.htm (1482 words)

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		Taft served as solicitor general under President Benjamin Harrison from 1880 to 1892 and as a Judge for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1892 to 1900.
		Taft started a sports tradition by being the first president to throw out the baseball at a season opener, in a game between the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1910.
		Taft's wife, Helen Herron Taft, who died in 1943, was the first first lady interred in the cemetery.
	www.mdw.army.mil /fs-p27.htm (380 words)

	The First Ladies of the United States - Helen Heron Taft
		Biography: As "the only unusual incident" of her girlhood, "Nellie" Herron Taft recalled her visit to the White House at 17 as the guest of President and Mrs.
		Fourth child of Harriet Collins and John W. Herron, born in 1861, she had grown up in Cincinnati, Ohio, attending a private school in the city and studying music with enthusiasm.
		The delight with which she undertook the journey, and her willingness to take her children to a country still unsettled by war, were characteristic of this woman who loved a challenge.
	www.usemb.se /usflag/presidents/ht27.html (534 words)

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		On one of many visits to Panama, William Howard Taft inspects canal construction and visits ruins in what may be the Panamanian jungle.
		Helen Herron Taft, wife of the President, and Federico Alfonso Pezet, minister to the United States from Peru.
		Roosevelt Memorial Association lists date in title as 1907; identification of members of Taft's entourage suggests event may be Taft's visit to Panama in Nov. 1910.
	hdl.loc.gov /loc.mbrsmi/trmp.4173 (264 words)

	ScienceDaily: Helen herron taft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/helen_herron_taft (905 words)

	William H. Taft Papers (Library of Congress)
		Donors include Robert Taft, Jr., Helen Taft Manning, Anna and Paul Rohrbaugh, the Taft School of Watertown, Connecticut, and the Herbert Hoover Library, West Branch, Iowa.
		Photographs, unidentified women, n.d Taft, Alphonso (father) Letters received (2 vols.) Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Austria, 1882-1883 General correspondence, 1874-1875 Taft, Horace and Winifred (brother and sister-in-law) Clarke, Jane, letters to, 1907-1918, n.d.
		Taft School, Watertown, Conn., 1908, 1936 Taft, Louise M. (mother), letter introducing Taft to James Whitehead, British ambassador in Japan, 1900 Box OV 1 Oversize, 1854-1927, n.d.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/taftwh.html (460 words)

	William Howard Taft: Performs a Mental Status Examination at Ellis Island
		There were two instances in which, as President, Taft was called upon to make a medical judgement.
		Taft and the 1912 pardon of Charles W. Morse, who "deserves a prominent place in the crowded gallery of American rogues."
		On October 18, 1910, President Taft and his military aide, Major Archie Butt, visited Ellis Island in New York.
	www.doctorzebra.com /prez/z_X27ELLIS_t.htm (952 words)

	The White House Historical Association > Picturing the President's House
		Helen Taft took a keen interest in her husband’s career, eagerly moving to the Philippines when President Taft took charge of the government there in 1900.
		At the Taft White House, dinners on the terraces were common, and punch, cookies, cakes, and fruit were served at receptions.
		Taft hired a housekeeper, Elizabeth Jaffray, to manage the daily details of the White House, giving the first lady more time to entertain.
	www.whitehousehistory.org /04/subs_pph/PresidentDetail.aspx?ID=27&imageID=61 (117 words)

	First Lady Bio Helen Taft
		The White House barn was torn down in 1910, and the Taft family cow, Pauline Wayne, was sent to a local farm
		Taft insisted all waiters be clean shaven, but none could be bald.
		Taft holds the distinction of being the wife of a President and a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as her husband was appointed to the high court following his presidency
	www.usatrivia.com /flbitaft.html (213 words)

	Additional Reading (from Helen Taft) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		As the luminous first lady of the American theater, U.S. actress Helen Hayes enraptured audiences with her twinkling eyes and elfin smile.
		He was the 27th president of the United States and later (1921–30) the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-214694?tocId=214694 (814 words)

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