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William H Taft was born in Cincinnati Ohio.
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William graduates high school 2nd in his class with a 91.5 out of 100 gpa
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William graduated with a bachelors to be a lawyer
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William gets a job as a lawyer
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after becoming a lawyer William gets appointed as a judge as he is still in his 20's -
William runs for president against William Jennings Bryan -
William ran for president and won -
William takes the oath as president
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Taft proposes a two percent tax on the income of all corporations except banks, which he believes will make up for revenue lost -
The Senate passes a resolution calling for the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution
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Taft sends 2 warships in response to the 500 who died in Nicaragua -
Taft appoints General Leonard Wood as Chief of Staff of the Army.
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Taft elevates circuit judge Horace H. Lurton to the Supreme Court
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Taft fires the head of the United States Forest Services, Gifford Pinchot. -
Taft appoints Governor Charles Hughes of New York to the supreme court
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congress passes the Mann act also known as the white slave traffic act -
Democrats win control of the house of representatives for the first time since 1894 -
Taft appoints Associate Chief Justice Edward White as Chief Justice of the supreme court
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The United States and Britain sign a treaty guaranteeing the protection of pelagic fur seals in Bering waters -
Taft orders the mobilization of 20,000 American soldiers along the Mexican border -
Taft appoints Henry Stimson secretary of war to replace Jacob Dickinson
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The Supreme Court finds the American Tobacco Company in violation of the Sherman Anti-trust Act and orders its dissolution
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New Mexico is admitted as the forty-seventh state -
Vice President John Sherman dies
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Democrat Woodrow Wilson defeats Taft and in the 1912 presidential election
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Taft vetoes a bill calling for literacy tests for immigrants
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General Victoriano Huerta overthrows Mexican President Madero. Taft refuses to intervene -
The Sixteenth Amendment, originally passed in Congress on July 2, 1909, is finally ratified
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congress passes the Webb-Kenyon Interstate Liquor Act which prohibits the shipment of liquor into “dry” states
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Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated as the twenty-eighth President of the United States. Taft leaves Washington for a vacation in Augusta, Georgia
