William Howard Taft (1909-1913)

William Howard Taft

27th President of the United States
(March 4, 1909 to March 3, 1913)

Nickname: None listed.

Born: September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio
Died: March 8, 1930, in Washington, D.C.

Father: Alphonso Taft

Mother: Louisa Maria Torrey Taft
Married: Helen Herron (1861-1943), on June 19, 1886
Children: Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953); Helen Herron Taft (1891-1987); Charles Phelps Taft (1897-1983)

Religion: Unitarian
Education: Graduated from Yale College (1878); Cincinnati Law School (1880)
Occupation: Lawyer, public official
Political Party: Republican
Other Government Positions:

• Judge in Ohio Superior Court, 1887-90
• U.S. Solicitor General, 1890-92
• U.S. Circuit Court Judge, 1892-1900
• Governor of the Philippines, 1901-04
• Secretary of War, 1904-08 (under T. Roosevelt)
• Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30

Presidential Salary: $75,000/year

Vice President: James S. Sherman (1909-12)

Cabinet:

Secretary of State

Philander C. Knox (1909-13)

Secretary of the Treasury

Franklin MacVeagh (1909-13)

Secretary of War

Jacob M. Dickinson (1909-11)

Henry L. Stimson (1911-13)

Attorney General

George W. Wickersham (1909-13)

Postmaster General

Frank H. Hitchcock (1909-13)

Secretary of the Navy

George von L. Meyer (1909-13)

Secretary of the Interior

Richard A. Ballinger (1909-11)

Walter Lowrie Fisher (1911-13)

Secretary of Agriculture

James Wilson (1909-13)

Secretary of Commerce and Labor

Charles Nagel (1909-13)

Biographies:

• Wikipedia