27. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1909-1913)

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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:

HELEN TAFT

VICE PRESIDENT:

James Sherman
JAMES S. SHERMAN

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:

President Taft gesturing to crowd before him on grounds of east front of Capitol during his 1909 Inauguration (Library of Congress)

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:

President William H. Taft (seated at center) and his cabinet in 1910.  Left to right: Richard Achilles Ballinger, George von Lengerke Meyer, Philander C. Knox, Charles Dyer Norton, Frank Harris Hitchcock, James Wilson, Franklin MacVeagh, George W. Wickersham, and Charles Nagel. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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:

The William Howard Taft birthplace and home in Cincinnati, Ohio (National Park Service Photo/ Tom Engberg)

William Howard Taft National Historic Site  (Ohio)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Obituary (New York Times)

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