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See also
Evelyn
Atwood —
Ezra
Taft Benson —
Fifi
Taft Clay —
Emily
Taft Douglas —
David
Alvaro Felt —
David
Sinton Ingalls —
Ezra
Kidder —
Harold
Taft King —
Taft
Alfred Larson —
Otis
Taft Locke —
Frederick
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, Alphonso
(1810-1891) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Townshend, Windham
County, Vt., November
5, 1810.
Son of Sylvia (Hayward) Taft and Peter Rawson
Taft.
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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Taft, Arthur M. (b. 1854) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., January
28, 1854.
Son of Brigham A. Taft.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902-06; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1906-07.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Taft, Arthur Robert (b.
1859) —
of Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., February
19, 1859.
Son of Robert Taft and Mary (Balcom) Taft.
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. |
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See Robert Alphonso Taft II |
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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.
Son of Alphonso Taft and Fannie (Phelps)
Taft (1823-1852).
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;
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1904.
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.
Son of William Howard Taft and Helen
(Herron) Taft.
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.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Eleazer Taft and Ellen M. (Barber) Taft.
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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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. Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
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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. —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington; elected 1910.
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, 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.
Son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria
(Torrey) Taft (1827-1907).
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.
Son of James Taft and Mary (Wilson) Taft.
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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Taft, Hoover —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Carolina, 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
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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.
Son of Asa Taft and Nancy (Burnap) Taft.
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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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, 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.
Son of Frederick L. Taft and Mary Alice (Arter) Taft.
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, 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.
Son of Orray Taft and Mary Margaret (Aylesworth) Taft.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Guadalajara, 1932; Warsaw, 1938; Algiers, 1942; U.S. Consul in Mexicali, 1942; Havana, 1943-45; Vancouver, 1945-48; Tripoli, 1949-51; Sydney, 1956-60.
Episcopalian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Taft, Peter Rawson
(1785-1867) —
of Vermont.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., April 14,
1785.
Son of Aaron Taft (1743-1808) and Rhoda (Rawson) Taft (1749-1827).
Member of Vermont state legislature.
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, Robert, Jr.
(1917-1993) —
of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
26, 1917.
Son of Robert Alphonso Taft and Martha
(Bowers) Taft.
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, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
8, 1889.
Son of William Howard Taft and Helen
(Herron) Taft.
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,
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 II (b.
1942) —
also known as Bob Taft II —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1942.
Son of Robert Taft, Jr..
Republican. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1977-81; Hamilton
County Commissioner, 1981-90; 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 2009.
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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.
Son of Orsmus Taft and Margaret (Smith) Taft.
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.
Son of Elijah Taft and Orinda (Kimball) Taft.
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.
Son of Eleanor (Chase) Taft and Charles Phelps
Taft II.
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 in primary for Governor of
Ohio, 1982.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1982.
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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, W. N. —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Carolina, 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Julia Walbridge (Smith) Taft and Henry
Waters Taft.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 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.
Still living as of 1957.
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Taft, William H. —
of Connecticut.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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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.
Son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria
(Torrey) Taft (1827-1907).
Republican. Superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor General,
1890-92; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals, 1892-1900; law
professor; Governor 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.
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:
Grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft
(1827-1907); half-brother of Charles Phelps
Taft; married, June 19,
1886, to Helen 'Nellie' Herron (1861-1943; granddaughter of Ela
Collins; niece of William
Collins; daughter of John
Williamson Herron); brother of Henry Waters
Taft; uncle of Walbridge S. Taft; father
of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; grandfather of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft, Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft II. See Taft
family of Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Walter
P. Johnson — Fred
Warner Carpenter — Charles
D. Hilles |
| | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and
Prosperity." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | 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 |
| | | 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.
Son of Robert Alphonso Taft and Martha
Wheaton (Bowers) Taft.
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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