Description Author Jared Cohen and the director of Southern Methodist University's Center for Presidential History Jeffrey Engel talked about William Howard Taft's post-presidency. The George W ...

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William Howard Taft, twice the Republican presidential nominee, had been pictured on cigar bands since the 1890s when he served as a federal judge. During the 1908 campaign both Taft and his ...

Did William Howard Taft Really Get Stuck in the White House Bathtub? The bathtub story might be the most famous thing about Taft's presidency, but is it true?

He touted his loyalty to President Roosevelt and his policies. In the general election, Taft faced off with William Jennings Bryan - who was running on the Democratic ticket for the third time.

WASHINGTON -- The body of William Howard Taft rested in an Arlington grave today while the nation went about its work again with only memories of the man who so recently played such a vital part ...

Taft’s presidency was bracketed by Roosevelt’s and Wilson’s, the progenitors of today’s imperial presidency. Jeffrey Rosen, a law professor at George Washington University and chief ...

Taft came to the presidency in 1909 with clear concepts of how the nation’s top office needed to become more powerful to meet the growing country’s burgeoning needs.

Taft came to the presidency in 1909 with clear concepts of how the nation’s top office needed to become more powerful to meet the growing country’s burgeoning needs.