Robert A. Taft

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Robert A. Taft was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Ohio, known as “Mr. Republican” for his influential conservative leadership and opposition to many New Deal and postwar internationalist policies.

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Robert A. Taft canonical 19
Lloyd Bowers Taft 1
Robert Alphonso Taft 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Republican Party politician
United States senator
conservative politician
human
lawyer
birthDate 1889-09-08
birthPlace Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
burialPlace Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
candidateIn 1940 Republican Party presidential primaries
1948 Republican Party presidential primaries
1952 Republican Party presidential primaries
child Horace Dwight Taft
Robert A. Taft self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lloyd Bowers Taft

Robert Taft Jr.
William Howard Taft III
coAuthorOf Taft–Hartley Act
surface form: Labor Management Relations Act of 1947
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1953-07-31
deathPlace New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
educatedAt Harvard Law School
Yale University
endTime 1953-07-31
familyName Alphonso Taft
surface form: Taft
father President William Howard Taft
surface form: William Howard Taft
givenName Robert
honoredIn Robert A. Taft Memorial and Carillon
ideology American conservatism
memberOf Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
surface form: United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
middleName Alfonso
surface form: Alphonso
mother Helen Herron Taft
nickname Mr. Republican
notableFor influential conservative leadership in the U.S. Senate
leadership of the conservative wing of the Republican Party
notableWork Taft–Hartley Act
occupation lawyer
politician
opposed New Deal
North Atlantic Treaty
surface form: United States entry into NATO

postwar internationalism
positionHeld United States senator
United States senator from Ohio
religion Presbyterianism
representedDistrict Ohio
sexOrGender male
sibling Charles Phelps Taft II
spouse Martha Wheaton Bowers
startTime 1939-01-03
workLocation Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Profiles in Courage describes Robert A. Taft
Taft–Hartley Act introducedBy Robert A. Taft
Taft–Hartley Act namedAfter Robert A. Taft
President William Howard Taft child Robert A. Taft
subject surface form: William Howard Taft
Robert A. Taft child Robert A. Taft self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lloyd Bowers Taft
Charles Phelps Taft II sibling Robert A. Taft
The Order hasNotableMember Robert A. Taft
Robert Taft Jr. father Robert A. Taft
Helen Herron Taft child Robert A. Taft
Fred A. Hartley Jr. coSponsoredWith Robert A. Taft
Mr. Republican refersTo Robert A. Taft
Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States notableBurial Robert A. Taft
subject surface form: Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery
Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States notableBurial Robert A. Taft
subject surface form: Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery
this entity surface form: Robert Alphonso Taft
William Howard Taft III father Robert A. Taft
Golden Lamb Inn hasGuest Robert A. Taft
Helen Taft Manning sibling Robert A. Taft
Helen Taft Manning relative Robert A. Taft
Martha Wheaton Bowers spouse Robert A. Taft