William+H.+Taft

=Balea S. =

**Intro.** =President William H. Taft, a very intellectual man and the twenty seventh president. However, many people have no idea or understanding of who he was. William Taft was the twenty seventh and also the tenth chief of justice for the United States of America he is the only man to be president and also the chief justice. In this paper we will discover amazing items about this blissful man. One important thing about President Taft is that he is a peacemaker; he loved to settle problems and did not believe in war.= = = = Biographical info. = = = = Taft lived an incredible lifetime,at the age of seventy three on September 15, 1857 he died on March 8, 1930. He was born and lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft had many hobbies such as, wrestling, shooting game, eating and jujitsu. The reason why I claim that one of his hobbies is because he weighed over 300 pounds, his height was six feet and two inches. His father was Alphonso Taft, Tafts grandfather was Peter Rawson Taft. Taft's mother was Louisa Torrey and for college she attended "Mount Holyoke College". As the years progressed, Taft married Helen Herron in 1886. = = President Taft received an excellent education from "Woodward High School". As, Taft kept gaining knowledge he went to "Yale" in New Haven Connecticut. Taft graduated Yale at number two out of 121 students. After, "Yale" he attended Cincinnati Law school, he finished that he graduated in 1880 with a bachelor of laws. In Taft's Political career he was the first Governor General of the Philippians in the years 1901-1903. = = = = Education =

= Taft was involved with the sixteenth adement as he was leaving office the sixteenth admenment was passed to the constitution after he left office. Taft also was, involved in the Civil Rights. Taft used federal enforcement with the fithtenth admenment which allowed African Americans the right to vote. Taft, also worked with Brooker T. Washington's program to help strenghthen the black race. taft was in office in the years 1909-1913. During his presidency he didn't like the relationship with the press unlike Roosevelt the previous president had. = = = = Significant contributations in office =

== Taft post presidency was exciting, after leaving the White House Taft was selected to come back to the Yale Chapter at a fraternity and they made him an honorary member. Taft was also elected president of the America Bar Association. He also, continued to favor peace over war. He kept making treaties with other associations. Taft founded the "League to Enforce Peace". He became co-chairman of the National War Labor Broad between the years of 1917 and 1918. He liked peace but felt too that the United States of America, should go to war because of Germanie's brutality. Taft's son Charles Phelps Taft II fought in the war world one. ==

Interesting Facts
== Taft was always over weight in high school he had nicknames like "Big Lub". In college though his friends knew him by "Old Bull". Taft was a very unhappy man when he was in office. Taft was the first civilian General in the Philippians. A quote thst Taft said is "I try to accomplish just as much without any noise". After, Taft left office he lost eighty pounds and become more with one with the outdoors. This made him interested in Alaska and he vactioned in there later in the years. in the year 1920 taft began to walk with a cane the cane was a gift from one of his professors it was made of 250,000 years old wood. Five weeks after retriment he past away. ==

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