Helen Louise Herron

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Helen Louise Herron, later known as Helen Herron Taft, was the First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913 as the wife of President William Howard Taft and an influential advocate for arts and public spaces in Washington, D.C.

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Helen Louise Herron canonical 2
Helen Herron 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Lady of the United States ⓘ
arts advocate ⓘ
human ⓘ
political spouse ⓘ
public spaces advocate ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Helen Herron Taft ⓘ
Nellie Taft ⓘ
associatedWithEvent introduction of Japanese cherry trees to Washington, D.C. ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Potomac Park ⓘ
linked to: East Potomac Park
birthDate 1861-06-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart disease ⓘ
child Charles Phelps Taft II ⓘ
Helen Taft Manning ⓘ
Robert A. Taft ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1943-05-22 ⓘ
deathPlace Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
educatedAt Cincinnati College of Music ⓘ
endTime 1913-03-04 ⓘ
father John Williamson Herron ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genreOfActivity civic improvement ⓘ
cultural patronage ⓘ
influenced development of public recreation spaces in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
livedDuring Progressive Era ⓘ
memberOf Taft family ⓘ
mother Harriet Collins Herron ⓘ
name Helen Louise Herron ⓘ
notableWork advocacy for public concerts in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
promotion of Potomac Park development ⓘ
support for planting Japanese cherry trees in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
positionHeld First Lady of the United States ⓘ
precededBy Edith Roosevelt ⓘ
religion Unitarianism ⓘ
residence Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ
Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.

White House ⓘ
spouse William Howard Taft ⓘ
spousePosition President of the United States ⓘ
spouseTermEnd 1913-03-04 ⓘ
spouseTermStart 1909-03-04 ⓘ
startTime 1909-03-04 ⓘ
succeededBy Ellen Axson Wilson ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Helen Herron Taft → birthName → Helen Louise Herron ⓘ
Helen Herron Taft → maidenName → Helen Herron ⓘ
subject linked to: Herron
linked to: Helen Louise Herron
Helen Louise Herron → name → Helen Louise Herron ⓘ