Presidents of the United States of America
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27 - William Howard Taft
Personal Statistics:
Birth Date: September 15, 1857
Birthplace: Family home, Mount Auburn section of Cincinnati, Ohio
Father: Alphonso Taft (1810-1891)
Mother: Louisa Maria Torrey (1827-1907)
Height at Prime: 6 feet 2 inches
Physical Description: Heaviest president (weighed about 332 pounds), chestnut hair, blue eyes, handlebar mustache
Religion: Unitarian
Wife: Helen Herron (June 2, 1861 – May 22, 1943)
Marriage Date: June 19, 1886
Marriage Place: Home of bride’s parents, Cincinnati, Ohio
Children:
-- Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953)
-- Helen Herron Taft Manning (August 1, 1891 – February 21, 1987)
-- Charles Phelps Taft (September 20, 1897 – June 24, 1983)
Death Date: March 8, 1930
Place of Death: His home, Washington, District of Columbia
Cause of Death: Arteriosclerotic heart disease
Final Words: Unknown
Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Professional Statistics:
Commissioner of the Philippines (1900-1901)
Governor-General of the Philippines (1901-1904)
Secretary of War (1904-1908)
27th President of the United States (1909-1913)
Political Party: Republican
His Vice President: James Schoolcraft Sherman (1909-1912)
Events During Presidency:
Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act (1909)
Mann-Elkins Act (1910)
Dollar Diplomacy
Antitrust Policy
New Mexico admitted to the Union (1912)
Arizona admitted to the Union (1912)
Webb-Kenyon Interstate Liquor Shipments Act (1913)
Sixteenth Amendment ratified (1913)
Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930)
