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Birth
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio -
Education
graduated from Yale University in 1878
graduated from Cincinnati Law School in 1880 -
Jobs or Careers
William Taft became a lawyer before presidency and shortly after became a judge. -
Marriage
married to Helen Herron Taft in 1886
Helen was the first woman of the United States from 1909-1913 -
Birth of Children
Robert Alphonso Taft -
Birth of Children
Helen Herron Taft -
Birth of Children
Charles Phelps Taft ll -
Date elected to office
William Taft was elected president -
News worthy events while in office
Taft inaugurated, William takes the takes office becoming the 27th president -
Jobs or Careers
William Taft became president after being nominated in June 1921. -
Programs developed
When William Taft became president he was determined to continue Roosevelt's program. -
Political Party
republican party -
Programs developed
William Taft sends a message to Congress urging prompt revision on the tariff. -
Programs developed
William Taft negotiated with China. He requested that China would grant American inventors a share of a loan. -
Laws developed
William Taft signed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act. It establishes a Tariff Board and reduces the tariff. -
News worthy events while in office
William Taft ordered two U.S. warships to Nicaragua in response to the 500 deaths in revolutionaries. -
News worthy events while in office
William Taft fired the head of the United States Forest services, Gifford Pinchot. -
Laws developed
Taft signed the Postal Savings Bank Act. It allowed one bank in each state, under federal supervision, to give 2% interest to accounts under $500. -
Acts developed
Congress passed the Mann Act also known as the "white slave traffic act". -
News worthy events while in office
William Taft appoints Governor Charles Hughes of New York to the Supreme Court. -
Programs developed
William Taft appoints Associate Justice Edward White as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. -
News worthy events in office
William Taft orders are mobilization of 20000 American soldiers along the Mexican border. -
Laws developed
Taft developed the Panama Canal Act -
Post-Presidency
Date that William Howard Taft left office -
Jobs or Careers
tenth justice of the United States -
New worthy events after William Taft left office
Taft went back to Yale as a professor -
Post-Presidency
The location that Taft retired to was California -
Death
Taft died on March 8, 1930. -
Sickness
William Taft died of a sickness called Cardiovascular disease, which is a type of heart disease, also of high blood pressure, and inflammation of the bladder. -
Buried
William Taft was buried at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.