William Taft: Family Life - Miller Center
WEBAs President, William Howard Taft left most family and domestic matters to Nellie Taft. Two of his three children, Robert Alphonso and Helen Herron, were college students during the White House years.
William Howard Taft - Wikipedia
WEBTaft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1857. His father, Alphonso Taft, was a U.S. attorney general and secretary of war. Taft attended Yale and joined the Skull and Bones, of which his father was a founding member. After becoming a lawyer, Taft was appointed a judge while still in his twenties.
Taft family - Wikipedia
WEBPresident William Howard Taft's grandfather, Peter Rawson Taft I, was born in Uxbridge in 1785. [8] The Hon. Bezaleel Taft Sr. , Lydia's son, left a legacy of five generations or more of public service, including at least three generations in …
William Taft: Life Before the Presidency - Miller Center
WEBTaft was raised in a large, close, and stimulating family. He had five siblings, two half brothers by his father's first marriage and two brothers and a sister born to his mother. The family identified with the Unitarian Church, subscribing …
William Howard Taft | Biography, Accomplishments, Presidency, …
WEBSep 11, 2024 · The son of Alphonso Taft, secretary of war and attorney general (1876–77) under Pres. Ulysses S. Grant, and Louisa Maria Torrey, Taft graduated second in his Yale class of 1878, studied law, and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1880.
President William Howard Taft (1857–1930) • FamilySearch
WEBWhen President William Howard Taft was born on 15 September 1857, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, Alphonso Taft, was 46 and his mother, Louisa Maria Torrey, was 30. He married Helen "Nellie" Herron on 19 June 1886, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.
The Life and Presidency of William Howard Taft
WEBEventually, President Taft returned to the White House smiling broadly with Mrs. Taft holding his arm. The Tafts were a wholesome and busy family. In 1909, their son Robert, nineteen, was a junior at Yale, and Helen, seventeen, was a student at Bryn Mawr.
William Howard Taft ‑ Facts, Presidency & Accomplishments - HISTORY
WEBOct 29, 2009 · His father was Alphonso Taft, a prominent Republican attorney who served as secretary of war and attorney general under President Ulysses S. Grant, then ambassador to Austria-Hungary and...
William Taft: Life in Brief - Miller Center
WEBFrom childhood, William Howard Taft had a weight problem, a reaction perhaps to his parents' very high expectations for him. At times during his presidency, he reached 300 pounds. He followed his father's and half-brother's path to Yale University, graduating second in his class.
Taft, William Howard - Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 23, 2018 · WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT'S parents were of moderate wealth and some political influence in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was born on 15 September 1857. He graduated from Yale College in 1878 and was awarded a …
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