Search results
William Taft IV, former Legal Advisor to the U.S. Department of State; Seth Stern, legal affairs reporter for Congressional Quarterly; and David Rivkin, former Legal Advisor to the Counsel to the President, discussed the evolution of views within their departments and current interpretations of U.S. and international law.
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913, and the tenth chief justice of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1930, the only person to have held both offices.Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for reelection in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson after ...
Earlier that Spring, Roosevelt’s Secretary of War, William Howard Taft had formally approved the general location for a Confederate monument in Arlington Cemetery. Taft (1909-1913). By the time of the Taft Administration, the “unity” aspect of Memorial Day was well-established.
Secretary Taft and the Colored Soldiers. The annual report of Hon. William H. Taft, Secretary of War, so far as it related to the dismissal of the colored soldiers of companies B, C, and D of the 25th Infantry is one of the most remarkable deliverances ever transmitted to the congress.
William Howard Taft was lauded as a champion of the anti-tipping campaign when he ran for president in 1908. John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie both were notoriously stingy tippers...
Did you know that William Howard Taft was not only the 27th President of the United States but also the 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? That's right, he is the only person to have...
01. William Howard Taft was born on September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio, into a family with a strong political background. 02. He was the first president to also serve as a Supreme Court Justice. 03. Taft weighed over 300 pounds, making him the heaviest president in U.S. history.
