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Taft family
Alphonso Taft
William H. Taft
Robert A. Taft
Current region
New England, United States
Place of origin
Norwich, Norfolk, England County Louth, Ireland
Connected families
Lippitt family
Estate(s)
Ohio compound
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The Taft family is an American political family of English descent, with origins in Massachusetts.[1] Its members have served in the states of Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island, Utah, and Vermont, and the United States federal government, in various positions such as representative (two), governor of Ohio, governor of Rhode Island, senator (three), secretary of agriculture, attorney general, secretary of war (two), acting secretary of defense, president, and chief justice.
^Leonard, Lewis Alexander (1920). Life of Alphonso Taft. New York: Hawke publishing Company (incorporated). OCLC 392382.
The Taftfamily is an American political family of English descent, with origins in Massachusetts. Its members have served in the states of Massachusetts...
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913, and the tenth chief justice...
to 1913 as the wife of President William Howard Taft. Born to a politically well-connected Ohio family, she took an early interest in political life, deciding...
the founder of the Taft political dynasty, and father of President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. As Secretary of War, Taft's popular appointment...
Robert Alphonso Taft III (born January 8, 1942) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 67th governor of Ohio from 1999 to 2007. A member...
William Howard Taft's father, Alphonso Taft, came to Cincinnati from Vermont in 1838 to establish a law practice. He moved his family to this house a...
Taft's studies were interrupted for some time when her mother had a stroke, and was left an invalid. She moved into the White House with her family,...
rooted in the family of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States. In 1879, William Howard's brother, Charles Phelps Taft, purchased two...
Seth and Franny Taft had three sons: Frederick I. Taft, Thomas P. Taft, and Seth T. Taft, and a daughter, Cynthia Taft. Seth Taft served as Cuyahoga...
Peter Rawson Taft (April 14, 1785 – January 1, 1867) was an American lawyer, judge, and legislator. His son Alphonso Taft served as the U.S. Secretary...
was a grandson of President William Howard Taft and First Lady Helen Louise "Nellie" Taft. William Howard Taft III was born on August 7, 1915, and was the...
Charles Phelps Taft II (September 20, 1897 – June 24, 1983) was a U.S. Republican Party politician and member of the Taftfamily. From 1955 to 1957, he...
Howard Taft III and a great-grandson of President William Howard Taft. Taft was born in Washington, D.C., the second child of William Howard Taft III and...
Lorado Zadok Taft (April 29, 1860 – October 30, 1936) was an American sculptor, writer and educator. Part of the American Renaissance movement, his monumental...
Peter Rawson Taft (1785–1867) of the Taftfamily and Sylvia (née Howard) Taft. He was the uncle of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II, and the...
December 8, 1907) was the second wife of Alphonso Taft, and the mother of U.S. President William Howard Taft. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the first...
Robert Taft may refer to: Robert Taft Sr. (c. 1640–1725), 17th century founder of the U.S. Taft political family Robert Taft, 2nd (1674–1748), colonial-born...
in Cincinnati, Ohio, the younger brother of William Howard Taft of the powerful Taftfamily. He graduated from Yale University in 1883, where he was a...
Lydia Taft (née Chapin; February 2, 1712 – November 9, 1778) was the first woman known to legally vote in colonial America. This occurred at a town meeting...
as Mr. Taft's School (renamed to The Taft School in 1898) by Horace Dutton Taft, the brother of U.S. President William Howard Taft. Horace Taft's friend...
First Family for a year and a half before suddenly dying in 1910, reportedly after eating too many oats. Taft and his wife, Helen Herron Taft, had growing...
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