A little less than a year after being elected the 27th president of the United States in 1908, William Howard Taft planned an ...

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 ...

Oil king Rockefeller has President Roosevelt nervous WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 1908 (UP) - John D. Rockefeller's announced intention to support William H. Taft has seriously grated upon the nerves of ...

Challenges: William Howard Taft stumbled dramatically on two important occasions as President: his special congressional session to revise the tariff downward, and his dismissal of Theodore ...

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