William Howard Taft administration

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The William Howard Taft administration was the U.S. presidential administration from 1909 to 1913, noted for its trust-busting policies, civil service reforms, and significant expansions and alterations to the White House and its grounds.

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instanceOf presidential administration
appointed Charles Evans Hughes
Edward Douglass White
Horace Harmon Lurton
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Mahlon Pitney
Willis Van Devanter
architecturalChange expansion of the West Wing
modification of the White House grounds and landscaping
conflict Hetch Hetchy water rights controversy
surface form: Ballinger–Pinchot controversy
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endTime 1913
followedBy Woodrow Wilson administration
foreignPolicy Dollar diplomacy
support for arbitration treaties
headOfGovernment President William Howard Taft
surface form: William Howard Taft
headOfState President William Howard Taft
surface form: William Howard Taft
implementedPolicy antitrust enforcement
conservation policies
tariff reform efforts
legislativeBody 61st United States Congress
62nd United States Congress
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
majorEvent Mann–Elkins Act
Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act
admission of Arizona as a U.S. state
admission of New Mexico as a U.S. state
creation of the United States Chamber of Commerce
notableFor alterations to White House grounds
civil service reforms
expansion of the White House
trust-busting policies
oversawOffice United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Commerce and Labor
United States Department of Justice
United States Department of State
United States Department of War
United States Department of the Interior
United States Department of the Treasury
Department of the Navy
surface form: United States Navy Department

Post Office Department
surface form: United States Post Office Department
partOf Progressive Era
history of the United States
politicalParty Republican Party
precededBy Theodore Roosevelt administration
significantReform expansion of civil service protections
strengthening of Interstate Commerce Commission
startTime 1909

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West Wing Colonnade modifiedBy William Howard Taft administration
Theodore Roosevelt administration followedBy William Howard Taft administration