William Howard Taft

Term[]


10th Chief Justice of the United States
July 11, 1921 - February 3, 1930 (63-72)
Appointed by Warren G. Harding
Preceded by Edward Douglass White
Succeeded by Charles Evans Hughes


27th President of the United States
March 4, 1909 - March 4, 1913 (51-55)
Preceded by Theodore Roosevelt
Succeeded by Woodrow Wilson


1st Provisional Governor of Cuba
September 29, 1906 - October 13, 1906 (49)
Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Succeeded by Charles Edward Magoon


42nd United States Secretary of War
February 1, 1904 - June 30, 1908 (46-50)
Served under Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by Elihu Root
Succeeded by Luke Edward Wright


1st Governor-General of the Philippines
July 4, 1901 - February 1, 1904 (43-46)
Appointed by William McKinley
Succeeded by Luke Edward Wright


Judge of the United States Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
March 17, 1892 - March 15, 1900 (34-42)
Appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Succeeded by Henry Franklin Severens


6th Solicitor General of the United States
February 4, 1890 - March 20, 1892 (32-34)
Appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Preceded by Orlow W. Chapman
Succeeded by Charles H. Aldrich


Full Name	William Howard Taft
Birth	September 15, 1857 Cincinnati, Ohio
Education	Yale University (BA 1878) University of Cincinnati (LLB 1880)
Occupation	Lawyer, Judge, College Professor
Death	March 8, 1930 (72 years) Washington, D.C.

Paternal Half-Siblings
Number	Name	Marriages	Children
1.	Charles Phelps Taft (1843-1929) (86 years)	Anna Sinton (1852-1931, m.1873)	2 sons, 2 daughters
2.	Peter Rawson Taft (1846-89) (43 years)	Matilda Hulbert (1858-1923, m.1876)	1 son
3.	Mary Taft (1848-48) (5 days)	N/A	N/A
4.	Alphonso Taft Jr. (1850-51) (1 year)	N/A	N/A
5.	Alphonso Taft Jr. (1851-52) (1 year)	N/A	N/A

Full Siblings
Number	Name	Marriages	Children
6.	Samuel Davenport Taft (1855-56) (1 year)	N/A	N/A
7.	Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) (86 years)	Julia Smith (1858-1942, m.1881)	2 sons, 2 daughters
8.	Horace Dutton Taft (1861-1943) (82 years)	Winifred Thompson (1860-1909, m.1892)	N/A
9.	Frances Louise Taft (1865-1950) (85 years)	William Edwards (1860-1933, m.1890)	N/A

Marriage
June 19, 1886 - March 8, 1930 (43 years, widowed)


Birth	September 8, 1889
Death	July 31, 1953 (63 years)

Marriage
Wife	Martha Wheaton Bowers (1889-1958)
Marriage	October 17, 1914 - July 31, 1953 (38 years, died)

Children
Number	Name	Marriages	Children
1.	William Howard Taft (1915-91) (76 years)	Barbara Bradfield (1917-2007, m.1942)	2 sons, 2 daughters
2.	Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (1917-93) (76 years)	Blanca Noel (1917-68, m.1939) Katherine Whittaker (1921-2000, m.1969 d.1977) Joan McKelvy (1925-2015, m.1978)	2 sons, 2 daughters
3.	Lloyd Bowers Taft (1923-85) (62 years)	Virginia Stone (1925-82, m.1947) Carolyn Moore (1949-, m.1984)	5 daughters
4.	Horace Dwight Taft (1925-83) (58 years)	Mary Badger (1930-2006, m.1952)	3 sons


Birth	August 1, 1891
Death	February 21, 1987 (95 years)

Marriage
Husband	Frederick Johnson Manning (1894-1966)
Marriage	July 15, 1920 - December 15, 1966 (46 years, widowed)

Children
Number	Name	Marriages	Children
1.	Helen Taft Manning (1921-2013) (92 years)	Holland Hunter (1921-2014, m.1946)	1 son, 3 daughters
2.	Caroline Manning (1925-2020) (95 years)	Frederic Cunningham (1922-2011, m.1947)	3 daughters


Birth	September 20, 1897
Death	June 24, 1983 (85 years)

Marriage
Wife	Eleanor Kellogg Chase (1894-1961)
Marriage	October 6, 1917 - August 28, 1961 (43 years, widowed)

Children
Number	Name	Marriages	Children
1.	Eleanor Kellogg Taft (1918-2004) (86 years)	Donald Hall (1910-94, m.1941)	1 son, 4 daughters
2.	Sylvia Howard Taft (1920-2008) (88 years)	William Lotspeich (1920-68, m.1942)	2 sons, 1 daughter
3.	Seth Chase Taft (1922-2013) (91 years)	Frances Prindle (1921-2017, m.1943)	3 sons, 1 daughter
4.	Lucia Chase Taft (1924-55) (31 years)	N/A	N/A
5.	Cynthia Herron Taft (1928-2013) (85 years)	Donald Morris (1929-2020, m.1955 d.1984)	1 son, 1 daughter
6.	Rosalyn Rawson Taft (1930-41) (11 years)	N/A	N/A
7.	Peter Rawson Taft (1936-) (85 years)	Diana Todd (1946-, m.1973)	2 sons, 1 daughter