President William Howard Taft

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Chief Justice of the United States President of the United States human

President William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States, known for his trust-busting policies, later service as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and significant administrative reforms.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chief Justice of the United States → President of the United States → human →
almaMater	Cincinnati Law School → Yale University →
appointedAsChiefJusticeBy	Warren G. Harding →
birthDate	1857-09-15 →
birthPlace	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States →
chiefJusticeTermEnd	1930-02-03 →
chiefJusticeTermStart	1921-07-11 →
child	Charles Phelps Taft II → Helen Taft Manning → Robert A. Taft →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1930-03-08 →
deathPlace	Washington, D.C., United States →
familyName	Taft →
givenName	William →
knownFor	administrative reforms → being the only person to serve as both U.S. President and Chief Justice → civil service reform → trust-busting policies →
memberOf	Skull and Bones →
middleName	Howard →
militaryConflict	Philippine–American War (administrative role as Governor-General) →
notableWork	advocacy for the Sixteenth Amendment (federal income tax) → support for the establishment of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce →
occupation	judge → lawyer → politician →
politicalParty	Republican Party →
positionHeld	10th Chief Justice of the United States → 27th President of the United States → Governor-General of the Philippines → Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit → Provisional Governor of Cuba → Secretary of War of the United States → Solicitor General of the United States →
precededBy	Theodore Roosevelt →
presidentialOrder	27 →
presidentialTermEnd	1913-03-04 →
presidentialTermStart	1909-03-04 →
religion	Unitarianism →
restingPlace	Arlington National Cemetery →
signatureImage	Signature of William Howard Taft.svg →
spouse	Helen Herron Taft →
succeededBy	Woodrow Wilson →
vicePresident	James S. Sherman →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charles Evans Hughes ("William Howard Taft") → Henry L. Stimson ("William Howard Taft") → Willis Van Devanter ("William Howard Taft") → Willis Van Devanter ("William Howard Taft") →	appointedBy
Bernard M. Baruch ("William Howard Taft") →	advisorTo
Oval Office →	commissionedBy
Devils Postpile National Monument →	establishedBy
William Howard Taft ("Taft") →	familyName
Robert A. Taft ("William Howard Taft") →	father
Woodrow Wilson administration ("William Howard Taft administration") →	follows
American Cancer Society ("William H. Taft") →	foundedBy
Spring Grove Cemetery ("William Howard Taft") →	hasNotableBurial
Skull and Bones ("William Howard Taft") →	hasNotableMember
ABA Medal ("William Howard Taft") →	hasRecipient
Doris Kearns Goodwin ("William Howard Taft") →	hasWrittenAbout
61st United States Congress ("William Howard Taft") →	meetsDuringPresidencyOf
Willis Van Devanter ("William Howard Taft") →	nominatedToSupremeCourtBy
Arlington National Cemetery ("William Howard Taft") →	notableBurial
Fourth Party System ("William Howard Taft") →	notableLeader
Kalorama ("William Howard Taft") →	notableResident
Anders Zorn ("President William H. Taft (portrait)") →	notableWork
Assistant Secretary of War ("William H. Taft") →	officeHeldBy
Governor-General of the Philippines ("William Howard Taft") →	officeHolder
Secretary of War ("William Howard Taft") →	positionHeldBy
Woodrow Wilson ("William Howard Taft") →	precededBy
West Wing →	rebuiltFor
Judicial Code of 1911 ("William Howard Taft") →	signedBy
Progressive Era ("William Howard Taft") →	significantFigure
Judicial Code of 1911 ("William Howard Taft") →	signingPresident
Theodore Roosevelt ("William Howard Taft") →	successor