| |  TAFT:
See also
Evelyn
Atwood —
Ezra
Taft Benson —
Fifi
Taft Clay —
Emily
Taft Douglas —
David
Alvaro Felt —
Arthur
Chester Frost —
David
Sinton Ingalls —
Ezra
Kidder —
Harold
Taft King —
Jabez
Comstock Knight —
Taft
Alfred Larson —
Otis
Taft Locke —
Edwin
Clyde McCants —
Gertrude
Taft McGeorge —
Frederic
Taft Olds —
Robert
William Packwood —
Herbert
Taft Root —
Taft
Schreiber |
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Taft, Alexander T., Jr. —
of Kentucky.
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, 1981, 1985-86.
Still living as of 1986.
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Taft, Allen R. —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
American Labor candidate for New York
state assembly from Queens County 5th District, 1938.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Alphonso
(1810-1891) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Townshend, Windham
County, Vt., November
5, 1810.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856,
1860
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1856; superior court judge in Ohio,
1865-72; candidate for nomination for Governor of
Ohio, 1875; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1876; U.S.
Attorney General, 1876-77; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1882-84; Russia, 1884-85.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., May 21,
1891 (age 80 years, 197
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Sylvia (Hayward) Taft and Peter Rawson
Taft; married, August
29, 1841, to Fannie Phelps; married, December
26, 1853, to Louisa Maria Torrey; father of Charles Phelps Taft, William Howard Taft (who married Helen Louise Herron) and Henry Waters Taft; grandfather of Walbridge S. Taft, Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft
II; great-grandfather of William Howard Taft
III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; second great-grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft III; second cousin once
removed of Willard
J. Chapin; third cousin twice removed of George
Franklin Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Adams, Samuel
Huntington and Daniel
Chapin; fourth cousin of William
Warner Hoppin, John
Milton Thayer and Edward
M. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of Calvin
Fillmore, Bela
Edgerton, Heman
Ticknor, Elisha
Dyer Jr., William Nelson Taft and Arthur
Chapin. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Taft, Arthur M. (b. 1854) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., January
28, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-First Worcester District,
1901-06; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Worcester District, 1906-07.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Brigham A. Taft. |
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Taft, Arthur Robert (b.
1859) —
of Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., February
19, 1859.
Merchant;
financier;
president, Uxbridge & Northbridge Electric
Light Co.; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1898.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Taft and Mary (Balcom) Taft; married 1880 to Mary
Seagrave; married, May 2,
1889, to Rose F. George. |
|
| | Taft, Bob
See Robert Alphonso Taft III |
 |
Taft, Charles Phelps
(1843-1929) —
also known as Charles P. Taft; Charlie
Taft —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
21, 1843.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1871-73; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1895-97; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1900,
1908,
1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Philanthropist; owner, Chicago Cubs baseball
team.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
31, 1929 (age 86 years, 10
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Taft, Charles Phelps II
(1897-1983) —
also known as Charles P. Taft —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
20, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Hamilton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28; member, Cincinnati City
Council, 1938-42; Republican candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1952, 1958 (primary); mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1955-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Skull
and Bones; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Died June 24,
1983 (age 85 years, 277
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Taft, Charles W. —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Republican. Chair of
Oswego County Republican Party, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Charles W. —
of Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
|
| | Taft,
Charlie See Charles Phelps
Taft |
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Taft, Elihu Barber
(1847-1929) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
25, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1888-90.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1929
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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| | Taft, Emily
See Emily
Taft Douglas |
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Taft, Esther K. —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1956
(alternate).
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Francis H. —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Fred L. —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1908;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, George E. (born
c.1855) —
of Unionville, Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., about 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1911-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Gideon —
of Washington
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1807-08.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Helen Herron
(1861-1943) —
also known as Helen Louise Herron;
"Nellie" —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 2,
1861.
First
Lady of the United States, 1909-13.
Female.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 22,
1943 (age 81 years, 354
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Taft, Henry Waters
(1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad;
director, Central Savings Bank of
New York; trustee, Mutual Life
Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Skull
and Bones; Psi
Upsilon.
Tripped and
fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as
a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Taft, Herbert James (b.
1860) —
also known as Herbert J. Taft —
of Greenville, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Mason, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
1, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of New
Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1905-06.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Taft and Mary (Wilson) Taft; married, October
21, 1887, to Ida F. Chamberlin. |
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Taft, Hoover —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Carolina, 1948.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Hope (born c.1944) —
also known as Hope Rothert —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., about 1944.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 2004.
Female.
Member, Habitat
for Humanity.
Still living as of 2004.
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Taft, James L., Jr. —
of Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1972
(delegation chair).
Still living as of 1972.
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Taft, James Scollay (b.
1844) —
also known as James S. Taft —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., July 16,
1844.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; pottery
manufacturer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1903; mayor of
Keene, N.H., 1903-05.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa Taft and Nancy (Burnap) Taft; married, January
9, 1874, to Helen A. Ball. |
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Taft, John R., Jr. —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Mayor
of North Adams, Mass., 1983.
Still living as of 1983.
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Taft, Joseph S. —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Republican. Postmaster at Houston,
Tex., 1865-66.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Kathy —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
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Taft, Kingsley Arter
(1903-1970) —
also known as Kingsley A. Taft —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 19,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1933-34; major in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1946-47; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1948-62, 1962-70; died in office 1970.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
28, 1970 (age 66 years, 252
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Taft, Levi B. —
of Michigan.
Circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1874-75.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Lorado —
Member, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1925-29.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Marcus —
of Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Woodstock, 1837.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Minnie —
of Moore, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1940.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Orray, Jr. (b.
1909) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
21, 1909.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Guadalajara, 1932; Warsaw, as of 1934-38; Algiers, 1942; U.S. Consul in Mexicali, 1942; Havana, 1943-45; Vancouver, 1945-48; Tripoli, 1949-51; Sydney, 1956-60.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Orray Taft and Mary Margaret (Aylesworth) Taft; married, September
11, 1933, to Janet Chapman Davidson. |
|
| | Taft, Pauline
Gertrude See Gertrude
Taft McGeorge |
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Taft, Peter Rawson
(1785-1867) —
of Vermont.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., April
14, 1785.
Member of Vermont state legislature, 1820.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
1, 1867 (age 81 years, 262
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Taft, Putnam W. —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Union candidate for mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Robert, Jr.
(1917-1993) —
of Indian Hill, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
26, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1963-65, 1967-71 (at-large 1963-65, 1st
District 1967-71); U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1971-76; defeated, 1964, 1976.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died December
7, 1993 (age 76 years, 284
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Taft, Robert —
of Greenville, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Taft, Robert Alphonso
(1889-1953) —
also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr.
Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our
Illustrious Dunderhead" —
of Indian Hill, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
8, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1932,
1944;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Died, from malignant
tumors, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1953 (age 63 years, 326
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;
memorial monument at Capitol
Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Taft, Robert Alphonso III (b.
1942) —
also known as Bob Taft —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1942.
Republican. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1977-81; Hamilton
County Commissioner, 1981-90; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1986; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1991-99; Governor of
Ohio, 1999-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 2004;
in 2005, he pleaded no
contest to four misdemeanors involving failure
to disclose gifts, and was fined
$4,000; subsequently reprimanded
by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Taft, Royal Chapin
(1823-1912) —
also known as Royal C. Taft —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Northbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., February
14, 1823.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1880-84; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1888-89; president, Merchants National Bank;
president, Boston & Providence Railroad;
director, New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.
Died June 4,
1912 (age 89 years, 111
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Taft, Russell Smith
(1835-1902) —
also known as Russell S. Taft —
of Vermont.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., January
28, 1835.
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1872-74; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1880-99; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1899-1902.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
22, 1902 (age 67 years, 53
days).
Interment at Morse Cemetery, Williston, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Elijah Taft and Orinda (Kimball) Taft; married to Maria Louise
Carlisle and Jane Marlett. |
| | | Epitaph: "Blessed is he who has found
his work." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Taft, Seth Chase (b.
1922) —
also known as Seth C. Taft —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
31, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for Ohio
state senate, 1962; candidate for mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1967; Cuyahoga
County Commissioner, 1971; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1982.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Jaycees.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Eleanor (Chase) Taft and Charles Phelps Taft
II; married, June 19,
1943, to Frances Prindle; nephew of Robert
Alphonso Taft; grandson of William Howard
Taft, Irving
Hall Chase and Helen Herron Taft;
grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft and Henry Waters Taft; great-grandson of Alphonso Taft, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, John
Williamson Herron and Augustus
Sabin Chase (1828-1896); great-grandnephew of William
Collins; second great-grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft and Ela
Collins; first cousin of William Howard Taft
III and Robert Taft Jr.; first cousin
once removed of Walbridge S. Taft, Augustus
Sabin Chase (1897-1970), Frederick
Lippitt and Robert Alphonso Taft III;
second cousin thrice removed of Marden
Sabin and Joseph
Spalding; second cousin four times removed of Willard
J. Chapin, George
Anson Starkweather, Samuel
Starkweather and David
Austin Starkweather; second cousin five times removed of Josiah
Cowles, Alvah
Sabin and George
Smith Catlin; third cousin twice removed of Clement
Phineas Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Howard Starkweather. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Taft, Thomas K. —
of Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange
County, N.Y.
Prohibition candidate for New York
state senate 25th District, 1912; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Tim —
Republican. Candidate for Judge of
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Taft, Walbridge S.
(1884-1951) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
29, 1884.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1916.
Died in 1951
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, Willard —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Mayor
of Spokane, Wash., 1956-57.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, William H. —
of Connecticut.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, William Howard
(1857-1930) —
also known as William H. Taft; "Big
Bill" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
15, 1857.
Republican. Superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1890-92; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned
1900; law
professor; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1901-04; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1904-08; President
of the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.
Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Psi
Upsilon; Skull
and Bones; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey)
Taft; half-brother of Charles Phelps Taft;
brother of Henry Waters Taft; married, June 19,
1886, to Helen Louise Herron (daughter
of John
Williamson Herron; sister-in-law of Henry
Frederick Lippitt; niece of William
Collins; aunt of Frederick
Lippitt; granddaughter of Ela
Collins); father of Robert Alphonso Taft
and Charles Phelps Taft II; uncle of Walbridge S. Taft; grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; grandfather of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Willard
J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of William
Warner Hoppin, John
Milton Thayer, Edward
M. Chapin and George
Franklin Chapin. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Walter
P. Johnson — Fred
Warner Carpenter — Charles
D. Hilles |
| | | The former community
of Taft, now part of Lincoln
City, Oregon, was named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in San
Antonio, Texas, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in Bronx, New
York (closed 2008), was named for
him. — Taft High
School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), in Los
Angees, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and
Prosperity." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about William Howard Taft: Paolo
Enrico Coletta, The
Presidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Alpheus Thomas Mason, William
Howard Taft — Lewis L. Gould, The
William Howard Taft Presidency |
| | | Critical books about William Howard
Taft: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, August 1901 |
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Taft, William Howard III
(1915-1991) —
of Ohio; Connecticut; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bar Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine, August
7, 1915.
Republican. U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 1953-57; U.S. Consul General in Lourenco Marques, 1960-62.
Died in 1991
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Taft, William L. —
of Monroe
County, Mich.
Candidate in primary for Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1964; candidate in
primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 38th Circuit, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Taft, William Nelson
(1847-1889) —
also known as William N. Taft —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Smithfield, Providence
County, R.I., 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1876-80; postmaster
at Charleston,
S.C., 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
South Carolina, 1884.
Died in 1889
(age about
42 years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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