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Born September 15, 1857 • Cincinnati • Ohio
Died March 8, 1930 (aged 72) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Title / Office Supreme Court of the United States (1921-1930), United States • supreme court (1921-1930), United States • presidency of the United States of America (1909-1913), United States • governor (1901-1904), Philippines
Political Affiliation Republican Party
Notable Family Members spouse Helen Taft • son Robert A. Taft
Role In Myers v. United States • United States presidential election of 1908 • United States presidential election of 1912

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William Howard Taft, seated at center in white, and Alice Roosevelt, seated to his left with a hat, pose with Filipino hosts and guests under a decorated pavilion in 1905.
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William Howard Taft and his wife Helen Herron Taft sit holding hands on wooden chairs on the porch of their family cottage in Beverly, Massachusetts.
William Howard Taft stands at a table pressing a button to open the Gunnison Tunnel in Montrose, Colorado, with a crowd and mountains in the background, 1910.
William Howard Taft seated in a chair on a wooden porch with his son Charles standing beside him, both wearing suits, at their family cottage in Beverly, Massachusetts.
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