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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.
William Howard Taft is important to American History for his contributions as President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. As President, he strengthened antitrust enforcement and conservation efforts, laying the groundwork for future progressive reforms.
Early in 1908, the only two Republican contenders running nationwide campaigns for the presidential nomination were Secretary of War William Howard Taft and Governor Joseph B. Foraker, both of Ohio. In the nomination contest, four states held primaries to select national convention delegates.
The Letters of William Howard Taft to Helen Herron Taft, 1909-1912. Presidential Addresses and State Papers; vol. 1 from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1910 by William Howard Taft. Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust. Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt through Coolidge, 1901-1929 by Francine Sanders Romero.
William Howard Taft : Yale professor of law & New Haven citizen ; an academic interlude in the life of the twenty-seventh president of the United States and the tenth chief justice of the Supreme Court / by Frederick C. Hicks
Taft’s opinion in Myers remains one of the landmark decisions on the removal power. In his opinion Taft surveyed the entire history of the removal power debate from the First Congress in 1789 through the late nineteenth century.
The Planet condones Secretary of War William H. Taft’s speech in New York and the “new light” he sees upon the African American race.
