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William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930.
Mar 4, 2026 · William Howard Taft (born September 15, 1857, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—died March 8, 1930, Washington, D.C.) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–13) and 10th chief justice of the United State...
Jan 26, 2025 · William Howard Taft holds a distinction unmatched in American history: serving as both President of the United States and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was the 27th President, occupying the Whi...
WilliamHowardTaft was born on September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to judge Alphonso Taft and his wife Louisa. He graduated from Yale, and then returned to Ohio, studied at the Cincinnati Law School, and began his...
William Howard Taft was elected the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) and later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930), the only person to have served in both of these offices.
Taft's lifelong ambition was to serve as Chief Justice of the United States, to which he was appointed after leaving the presidency. He remains the only man in American history to have gained the highest executive and...
WilliamHowardTaft has the distinction of being the only person in history to have been President and Chief Justice of the United States. After his death, his funeral was the first presidential funeral to be broadcast ...
Taft served as Solicitor General, 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 prede...
In 1900 President William McKinley appointed Taft to head up a commission to end military rule in the Philippines. Soon thereafter he became governor general of the Philippines, and proved an able administrator.
Oct 29, 2009 · As U.S. president from 1909 to 1913 and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1921 to 1930, WilliamHowardTaft became the only man in history to hold the highest post in both the...