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	William Howard Taft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Taft served as Solicitor General of the United States, a federal judge, Governor-General of the Philippines, and Secretary of War before being nominated for President in the 1908 Republican National Convention with the backing of his predecessor and close friend Theodore Roosevelt.
		Taft defeated Roosevelt for the Republican nomination in a bruising battle in 1912.
		Taft was born on September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second of five children.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Howard_Taft (4406 words)

	Ezra Taft Benson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1939, when he was president of the church's Boise, Idaho stake and working for the University of Idaho Extension Service, he moved to Washington, D.C. to become Executive Secretary of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, and became the first president of a new LDS Church stake there.
		As succession to the presidency of the Church is generally by seniority among the Twelve, the few minutes separating Kimball's and Benson's ordinations by President Heber J. Grant resulted in Benson becoming Church President a dozen years later than he would have had he been ordained first.
		Benson succeeded Kimball as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1973, and as President of the Church in 1985.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson (1330 words)

	William Howard Taft, President of the United States
		Taft's remarkable record in public office had led to the expectation that he would make a great success of his administration as President, and it was believed by many afterward that the reason he failed, at least on the political side of his Administration, was that his temperament was judicial rather than executive.
		Taft, it was reported, did not believe the bill was all it should be, but considered it better than the existing tariff law and believed it met in large degree the platform promise of his party to reduce the tariff.
		Taft's championship of the proposed reciprocity treaty with Canada in 1910 and the adoption of it by the aid of Democratic votes was nullified in the public mind by the refusal of Canada to accept it.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /whtaft.htm (8658 words)

	Presidents: William H. Taft
		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)

	World Almanac for Kids
		TAFT, William Howard (1857–1930), 27th president of the U.S. and 10th chief justice of the U.S. (1921–30); he was the only person in U.S. history to head two branches of the federal government.
		Taft moved rapidly up through appointive offices, as assistant district attorney and internal revenue collector in Cincinnati in the early 1880s, later as a state judge, then as solicitor general of the U.S. (1890–92) and judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals (1892–1900).
		Taft suffered a severe personal and political blow early in his term when his wife was partially incapacitated by a stroke (1909).
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/presidents/taft_william.html (975 words)

	27th President, William Howard Taft
		President Roosevelt made him Secretary of War, and by 1907, decided that Taft should be his successor.
		Taft disliked the campaign and called it "one of the most uncomfortable four months of my life." Nonetheless, he pledged his loyalty to the Roosevelt program, popular in the West, while his brother Charles Taft reassured Eastern Republicans of his support for business.
		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.presidentialpetmuseum.com /presidents/27WT.htm (399 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.
		President Taft, for all his administrative talent, lacked the political savvy to unite, or at least mediate between, the two factions.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/P/wt27/about/taftbio.htm (1396 words)

	William Howard Taft University
		Taft was born in 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio and earned a Bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1878.
		Taft was appointed a Federal Circuit Judge in 1892.
		When Taft was renominated in 1912, Roosevelt ran for President under the banner of his "Bull Moose" Party and effectively splintered the Republican vote, giving the election to democrat Woodrow Wilson.
	www.taftu.edu /resources.htm (507 words)

	American President
		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.
		President Taft's life-long dream of reaching the U.S. Supreme Court was satisfied in 1921 with his appointment as chief justice by President Warren Harding.
		His presidency is generally viewed as a failure, swinging as he did from a progressive program of "trust busting" to reactionary conservatism in the face of withering criticism from Roosevelt and his allies.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/williamhowardtaft (899 words)

	The American President: William H. Taft
		When Taft's slow, deliberate style of leadership proved ill-suited to the intense pressures of the high office, Roosevelt attempted to unseat his political progeny by running against him for a non-consecutive third term.
		Taft reacted by branding him a "freak" and a "dangerous demagogue." Roosevelt lost the Republican nomination, but swiftly shifted his allegiance to the Progressive Party to stay in the race.
		Taft went on to become chief justice of the United States, the job he had always coveted.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/amerpres/presidents/pres27/pres27_intro.html (207 words)

	A President Inaugurates a Remarkable Tradition by Christine L. Putnam
		By convincing Taft to throw out the ceremonial first pitch of the season, Griffith hoped to permanently fix the presidential seal of approval on baseball as the national pastime once and for all, as well as, establish a tradition that spotlighted the Senators as the home team of the most powerful man in the world.
		Taft had just come from giving a speech to a large contingency of Suffragists at their annual convention; and after being booed by them, was no doubt thankful to be at the ballpark among friends.
		Taft must have chuckled at the thought of himself signing a baseball like a ballplayer, and the little boy inside of him, who played with youthful passion was certainly delighted.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /articles/president_taft_opening_day.shtml (1698 words)

	American Experience \| The Presidents \| William Howard Taft \| PBS
		In spite of achieving a relatively large number of accomplishments in office, Taft's lack of passion for the office, combined with the fact that he was operating in the shadow of TR's brand of forceful, expansive leadership, did much to diminish his popularity and reputation.
		William Howard Taft's presidency stood in stark contrast to that of Theodore Roosevelt.
		President Taft so antagonized Roosevelt that the ex-president split off from the Republican party and formed his own party to run against Taft in 1912.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/presidents/27_taft/index.html (434 words)

	Today in History: September 15
		Both president of the United States and chief justice of the United States, William Howard Taft was born on September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
		In 1900, President William McKinely appointed Taft chair of a commission to organize a civilian government in the Philippines which had been ceded to the United States at the close of the Spanish-American War.
		The former president's son, Robert A. Taft, was elected to the Senate.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/sep15.html (976 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 (4171 words)

	William Howard Taft: Fat Jokes
		Taft's size impressed some people, but often made him the butt of jokes Note: Judged solely by body mass index, a 5-foot 11-inch person weighing more than 290 pounds is severely obese.
		Taft replied that a Chair would not be adequate, but that if the University would provide a Sofa of Law, "it might be all right" [12a].
		One Congressman remarked during the debate: "The incoming President [Taft] proposes to abandon horses for reasons that the gentleman well knows: he does not wish to violate the law against cruelty to animals" [6a].
	www.doctorzebra.com /prez/z_x27fat_g.htm (2073 words)

	William Howard Taft and Sleep Apnea
		Taft's challenges were not from well-understood foes such as war, famine, plague, or politics.
		A good President, but a poor politician, he was defeated for re-election.
		John Sotos that described Taft's illness in a recent medical journal article.
	www.apneos.com /taft_intro.html (275 words)

	President William Taft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 1900 President William McKinley asked Taft to head a commission to end U.S. military rule in the Philippines, which had been ceded to the United States after the Spanish-American War.
		Taft was the first President to protect federal land on which oil had been found.
		After his stormy presidency, Taft settled into a professorship at the Yale Law School in Connecticut and served as co-chairman of the National War Labor Board during World War I. In 1921, President Warren Harding appointed him Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/presidents/taft.htm (333 words)

	The Masonic Presidents Tour - William Taft - Twenty-seventh President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Brother Taft was made a "Mason at Sight" within the Body of Kilwinning Lodge No. 356, Cincinnati, Ohio, by Grand Master Charles S. Hoskinson.
		Brother and President Taft addressed the Brethren, saying, "I am glad to be here, and to be a Mason.
		It does me good to feel the thrill that comes from recognizing on all hands the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man." Brother and President Taft visited the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania on the occasion of a Special Communication held in the Masonic Temple (One North Broad Street), on March 12, 1912.
	www.pagrandlodge.org /mlam/presidents/taft.html (118 words)

	William Howard Taft
		Taft had great success in pacifying the Filipinos, solving the problem of the church lands, improving economic conditions, and establishing limited self-government.
		Though he carried on many of Roosevelt's policies, Taft got into increasing trouble with the progressive wing of the party and displayed mounting irritability and indecision.
		William Howard Taft - Taft, William Howard, 1857–1930, 27th President of the United States (1909–13) and 10th...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0760611.html (371 words)

	Presidents Bio Taft
		The president was light on his feet, and he proved the fact at regular Wednesday night dance classes sponsored by his wife
		Following his presidency he was nominated to the Supreme Court, and as Chief Justice became the only former president to administer the oath of office to an incoming president, Calvin Coolidge in 1925.
		Taft was the first president buried at Arlington National Cemetery in 1930.
	www.usatrivia.com /biotaft.html (177 words)

	Internet Public Library: POTUS
		William Howard Taft -- from The Presidents of the United States of America
		William Howard Taft -- from The American Presidency
		From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, in addition to information on the Presidents themselves, they have first lady and cabinet member biographies, listings of presidential staff and advisers, and timelines detailing significant events in the lives of each administration.
	www.ipl.org /div/potus/whtaft.html (235 words)

	William Howard Taft: U.S. President and Chief Justice (1857-1930)
		William Howard Taft: U.S. President and Chief Justice (1857-1930)
		--A biography of President William Taft including his family trivia and accomplishments in office.
		Her son's death led her to begin an anti-war demonstration outside of President Bush's ranch in the summer of 2005.
	www.historyguy.com /william_howard_taft.html (534 words)

	William Howard Taft - 26th President of the United States
		William Howard Taft - 26th President of the United States
		Pictures of Helen Taft from the Library of Congress
		The purpose of this site is to provide researchers, teachers, students, politicians, journalists, and citizens a complete resource guide to the US Presidents.
	www.presidentsusa.net /taft.html (140 words)

	U.S. President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William Howard Taft Was Born
		U.S. President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William Howard Taft Was Born
		CREDIT: "William Taft, Head-and-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Left." Copyright December 29, 1908.
		By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present, Library of Congress.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /jb/reform/jb_reform_taft_1_e.html (63 words)

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