27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
William Howard Taft
lorado taft
President Taft
Taft Sentence Examples
The doctrine that "the starvation of a nation cannot be the lawful purpose of a combination" was announced, and Judge Taft said further that "if there is any power in the army of the United States to run those trains, the trains will be run."
In1896-1900Judge Taft was professor and dean of the law department of the University of Cincinnati.
A movement to elect Mr Taft president of Yale University gained some strength in 1898-99, but was promptly checked by him, on the ground that the head of a great university should be primarily an educationalist.
The task of constructing a system of government from the bottom, of reconciling the conflicting and often jealously sensitive elements, called for tact, firmness, industry and deep insight into human nature, all of which Governor Taft displayed in a marked degree.
This delicate matter was arranged by Mr Taft in a personal interview with Pope Leo XIII.
