taft timeline By 22jlreilly Sep 15, 1857 Birthday He was born 1878 graduated from yale 1880 Graduated from Cincinnati Law school 1887 Judge in Ohio supreme court 1890 U.S Solicitor General 1892 U.S Circuit Court Judge 1901 Governor of the Philippines 1904 Secretary of War 1909 Became president 1913 No longer president 1921 Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court He was appointed after being the president