OVERVIEW:
BORN:
September 15, 1857;
Cincinnati, Ohio
DIED:
March 8, 1930 (Age 72);
Washington, DC
EDUCATION:
Yale University (BA, 1878)
University of Cincinnati Law School (LLB, 1880)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
SPOUSE:
Helen Herron (m. June 19, 1886)
CHILDREN:
Robert Alphonso (1889–1953)
Helen Herron (1891–1987)
Charles Phelps (1897–1983)
HIGHLIGHTS:
1890-1892:
U.S. Solicitor General
1892-1900:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
1901-1903:
Governor General of the Philippines
1904-1908:
U.S. Secretary of War
1906:
Provisional Governor of Cuba
1909-1913:
27th President of the United States
1921-1930:
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
FIRST LADY:
VICE PRESIDENT:
RESOURCES:
White House
Miller Center
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
Wikipedia
Public Papers (American Presidency Project)
Speech Archive (Miller Center)
Library of Congress
NOTABLE BOOKS:
1908 ELECTION:
REPUBLICANS:
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (PRESIDENT)
JAMES S. SHERMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 321 (66.5%)
Popular Vote: 7,676,598 (51.6%)
DEMOCRATS:
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN (PRESIDENT)
JOHN KERN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 162 (33.5%)
Popular Vote: 6,406,874 (43.0%)
1909 INAUGURATION:
1909 Address (transcript)
Library of Congress (1909)
Joint Congressional Committee (1909)
1912 ELECTION:
DEMOCRATS:
WOODROW WILSON (PRESIDENT)
THOMAS R. MARSHALL (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 435 (81.9%)
Popular Vote: 6,294,327 (41.8%)
PROGRESSIVES (BULL MOOSE):
THEODORE ROOSEVELT (PRESIDENT)
HIRAM JOHNSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 88 (16.6%)
Popular Vote: 4,120,207 (27.4%)
REPUBLICANS:
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (PRESIDENT)
NICHOLAS M. BUTLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 8 (1.5%)
Popular Vote: 3,486,343 (23.2%)
SOCIALISTS:
EUGENE V. DEBS (PRESIDENT)
EMIL SEIDEL (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 0 (0.0%)
Popular Vote: 900,370 (6.0%)
TAFT ADMINISTRATION:
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
James Wilson (1897–1913)
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND LABOR:
Charles Nagel (1909–1913)
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Richard A. Ballinger (1909–1911)
Walter L. Fisher (1911–1913)
ATTORNEY GENERAL:
George W. Wickersham (1909-1913)
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
George Von Lengerke Meyer (1909–1913)
POSTMASTER GENERAL:
Frank H. Hitchcock (1909–1913)
SECRETARY OF STATE:
Philander C. Knox (1909–1913)
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Franklin MacVeagh (1909–1913)
SECRETARY OF WAR:
Jacob M. Dickinson (1909–1911)
Henry L. Stimson (1911–1913)
STAFF/ ADVISORS:
Archibald Butt
Charles D. Norton
Gifford Pinchot
SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:
Mahlon R. Pitney IV (1912-1922)
Joseph R. Lamar (1911-1916)
Willis Van Devanter (1911-1937)
Edward D. White (Chief Justice, 1910-1921)
Charles Evans Hughes (1910-1916)
Horace Lurton (1909-1914)
CONGRESS:
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Joseph G. Cannon (1903-1911)
James B. “Champ” Clark (1911-1919)
HISTORIC SITES:
William Howard Taft National Historic Site (Ohio)
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Obituary (New York Times)