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| William H. Taft |
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| 27th President |
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| Born: 1857 Died: 1930 Served: 1909 - 1913 |
Vice-President James S. Sherman
Political Party Republican
College Yale
Occupation Lawyer
Birthplace Cincinnati, Ohio
Place of Burial Arlington, Virginia
Pop Quiz Facts
* 1911: Taft Administration successfully pushes for the dissolution of the Standard Oil Company.
Interesting Facts
* Taft started the custom of the president throwing out the first ball to start the baseball season.
* 1912: Arizona and New Mexico admitted to the Union under the Taft Administration.
* 1912: Taft faces his former supporter Theodore Roosevelt and Democrat Woodrow Wilson in the presidential election and finishes third.
* Mrs. Taft was responsible for the planting of Japanese cherry trees in Washington.
* The heaviest president, weighing between 300 and 340 lbs.
* The Tafts owned the last presidential cow and the first White House automobiles.
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