William H. Taft

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William H. Taft

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• Ashley OBannon

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Childhood/ Educational Background

• Born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Worshiped his parents
• 5 siblings
• Obese as a child
• Attended Woodward High
• Yale University
• University of Cincinnati

Tafts house
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Family/ Social Life

• During presidency had a hands off approach to
  family and domestic affairs
• 3 children
• Loved his children and family

• Loved sports
• 1st president to take up golf
• Weight offended some and amused others
• Frequently embarrassed his family and associates

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Professional Life

• Ohio Superior Court
• Solicitor General
• Federal Circuit Judge
• Commission in the Philippines
• Secretary of War

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Political Life

• Often called the reluctant president
• Mann-Elkins Act of 1910
• Known as the Great Trust-Buster

• Made two major missteps as president
• Committed to the expansion of US foreign trade
• Nicknamed Peaceful Bill

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Post Presidency

• Taught at Yale University Law School
• 1st president to serve as president and then
  become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
• Died on March 8, 1930
• Presidency often said to have been a political
  disaster

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Works Cited
The American PresidentWilliam H. Taft,
http//www.americanpresident.org/kotrain/courses/W
HT/WHT_Life_Before_The_Presidency.htm,
10/29/02 American PresidentsLife Portraits
William Howard Taft, http//www.americanpresidents
.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber26,
10/26/02 World Book William Howard Taft,
http//www2.worldbook.com/features/features.asp?fe
aturepresidentspagehtml/taft.htmdirectyes,
10/28/02 Think QuestPresident William Howard
Taft, http//library.thinkquest.org/12587/contents
/personalities/wtaft/wht.html, 10/29/02