William Howard Taft

**William Howard Taft**
	president of the United States from 1909 to 1913
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Name in native language	William Howard Taft;
Date of birth	15 September 1857; Cincinnati
Date of death	8 March 1930; Washington metropolitan area
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	heart failure;
Place of burial	Arlington National Cemetery (38°53′1.176″N 77°4′9.548″W, Section 30, grave S-14, 1930);
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	Yale College; University of Cincinnati College of Law; University of Cincinnati;
Occupation	judge; lawyer; prosecutor; pedagogue; university teacher; politician; statesman; writer;
Employer	Yale Law School; Boston University; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati College of Law;
Member of	American Philosophical Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences;
Member of political party	Republican Party;
Position held	President of the United States (1909–1913); Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930); United States Secretary of War (1904–1908); Governor of Cuba (1906–1906); Governor-General of the Philippines (1901–1903); Solicitor General of the United States; Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; President-elect of the United States (1908–1909);
Native language	English;
Family	Taft family;
Father	Alphonso Taft;
Mother	Louise Taft;
Sibling	Charles Phelps Taft; Henry Waters Taft; Horace Dutton Taft;
Child	Robert Alphonso Taft; Helen Taft Manning; Charles Phelps Taft II;
Spouse	Helen Herron Taft (1886–1930);
Award received	Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences;
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	Q35648; ISNI: 0000 0000 8385 8600; VIAF ID: 59091219; GND ID: 118801198; Library of Congress authority ID: n79022244; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11952971c; IdRef ID: 027504654; NDL Authority ID: 00681211; Libraries Australia ID: 35247009; NL CR AUT ID: mzk2005306693; National Library of Israel ID (old): 000279799; Biblioteca Nacional de España ID: XX1343263; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteurs ID: 06938228X; NORAF ID: 5006858; US Congress Bio ID: no value; NUKAT ID: n2005142712; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10582634; NLP ID (old): A32002956; PLWABN ID: 9810630110005606; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007310867705171; CiNii Books author ID: DA05210736; Open Library ID: OL4363156A; MusicBrainz artist ID: 660d9a87-13f2-4688-8741-210d439a9d48; IMDb ID: nm1138324
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English: William Howard Taft (1857–1930) was President of the United States of America (1909–1913) and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1921–1930).

Français : William Howard Taft (1857–1930) est le 27e président des États-Unis d'Amérique (1909–1913) et le 10e président de la Cour suprême des États-Unis (1921–1930).

Polski: William Howard Taft, 27. Prezydent USA i 10. prezes Sądu Najwyższego USA.

Pre-presidency[edit]

1878
Before 1900
1908
1908
1908
1908 December
1908, with daughter
1908, with wife Helen and son

As President[edit]

Official Presidential portrait by Anders Zorn
Taft, as painted by Joaquin Sorolla, 1909
President Taft riding in 1909
President Taft in a motorcade in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1910 (presumably the large man in the first automobile).
Signing the Arizona statehood bill, 1912