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...peace verging on pacifism, and scion of a leading political family, the [[Taft family|Tafts]], of [[Ohio]]. Taft served as the [[Solicitor General of the United States]], a federal judge,

A grandson of President [[William Henry Harrison]] and great-grandson of [[Benjamin Harrison, V]], Benjamin w ...sance duty and guarded railroads in [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]] until [[William T. Sherman|Sherman's]] [[Atlanta Campaign]] in 1864. Harrison was [[brevet

...or incumbent [[President of the United States|President]] [[William Howard Taft]] at the [[1912 Republican National Convention|Republican National Conventi ...] Administration or to revert to the "[[laissez-faire]]" approach of the [[William McKinley]] era.

| predecessor=[[William Howard Taft]] ...of New Jersey]] in 1910. With [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[William Howard Taft]] dividing the [[History of the United States Republican Party|Republican P

| successor2=[[William F. Whiting]] ...he difference between dictatorship and democracy, Hoover liked to say, was simple: dictators organize from the top down, democracies from the bottom up.

|predecessor3=[[William F. Knowland]] |successor4=[[William F. Knowland]]

...was marked by severe shortages, numerous strikes, and the passage of the [[Taft-Hartley Act]] over his [[veto]]. He confounded all predictions to win re-el After graduating from Independence High School (now [[William Chrisman High School]]) in 1901, Truman worked as a timekeeper on the [[Atc

...a location which Jackie agreed was suitable. Kennedy and [[William Howard Taft]] are the only two U.S. Presidents buried at Arlington. * Manchester, William. ''Portrait of a President: John F. Kennedy in Profile'' (1967)