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 ...

CHICAGO, June 10, 1908 (UP) - The "steam roller" committee, as the "allies" are referring to the Republican national committee, Wednesday continued its policy of crushing opposition to Secretary ...

This black-and-white footage from 1911 captures U.S. President William Howard Taft's arrival in San Francisco. A ferryboat carries the president into the city's dock, where he disembarks at Pier 12.

A little less than a year after being elected the 27th president of the United States in 1908, William Howard Taft planned an official trip to Los Angeles that included visits to not only the city ...

President Taft's inaugural address indicates, as might be expected, that he proposes to continue Mr Roosevelt's policy, but to carry it out in a less sensational manner, and with more regard to ...

Because of his severe OSA, Taft likely experienced unrelenting mental and physical fatigue each day of his presidency. Fortunately for the nation, these burdens did not unbalance him. He adhered ...