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Bootez Presents

Bootez Presents. William H. Taft. William Taft.

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Bootez Presents

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  1. Bootez Presents William H. Taft

  2. William Taft • Born in 1857, the son of a distinguished judge, he graduated from Yale, and returned to Cincinnati to study and practice law. He rose in politics through Republican judiciary appointments, through his own competence and availability, and because, as he once wrote facetiously, he always had his "plate the right side up when offices were falling."

  3. at 34. He aspired to be a member of the Supreme Court, but his wife, Helen Herron Taft, held other ambitions for him.

  4. Sympathetic toward the Filipinos, he improved the economy, built roads and schools, and gave the people at least some participation in government.

  5. President Roosevelt made him Secretary of War, and by 1907 had decided that Taft should be his successor

  6. Taft disliked the campaign--"one of the most uncomfortable four months of my life.

  7. "Roosevelt has cut enough hay," they said; "Taft is the man to put it into the barn.

  8. Big Bill" was over 300 pounds and 6'2". Needing a big bathtub, he had a 7' long 41" wide tub installed that could accommodate 4 normal-sized men.

  9. The heaviest president at 332 pounds, Taft struggled all his adult life with a weight problem. He got stuck in the White House bathtub and had to have an oversized version brought in for his use.

  10. William Taft, Military Experience - no military experience and there were no wars fought during his term

  11. William Taft died on March 8, 1930 in Washington D.C.

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