On March 8, 1930, William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States, died at age 72. And before you ask the question: no, he did not die by getting stuck in a bathtub. In fact ...

No president embodied this philosophy more than William Howard Taft. Of course, it helped that Taft hadn’t wanted to be president in the first place. He wanted to be the chief justice.

William Howard Taft was the natural successor to Theodore Roosevelt, with whom he had a very warm working relationship (one journalist wrote that T.A.F.T. stood for “Take Advice From Theodore.”) He ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Former President Donald Trump survived his second assassination attempt on Sept. 15, 2024, marking the latest chapter in a long history book. Presidential assassination attempts, ...

The most popular theory involves plump President William Howard Taft, the commander-in-beef ... by a poppy rendition of the 1960s Bruce Channel jukebox song “Hey! Baby,” performed by an Austrian named ...

The former Taft's Ale House space in Over-the-Rhine is getting another life. Mellotone Beer Project will soon take over the old St. Paul's German Evangelical Protestant Church building at 1429 ...

Forget the political alliances and policy decisions made in the Oval Office; within the walls of the White House, some of the most fascinating bits of history were being cooked up in the kitchen.

27th U.S. President William Howard Taft was a huge fan of she-crab soup, "possum and taters," and buttered steak for ...

Jane Addams and her network of women's groups persuaded President William Howard Taft to appoint a woman as ... increased from 47 years to 76 years. A baby born at the end of the century will ...

It was a promise he did not keep. William Howard Taft, Roosevelt's hand-picked successor to the White House, promised to carry out a progressive agenda, but as his administration wore on ...