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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Politician
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Congressional_Apportionment_Act_of_1911
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Progressive_Party
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1857-09-15
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gptkbp:burial_place
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gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Charles_P._Taft
gptkb:Helen_Taft
gptkb:Robert_Taft
Elizabeth Taft
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gptkbp:death_date
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1930-03-08
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University
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gptkbp:election_year
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gptkb:1912_United_States_presidential_election
1908 United States presidential election
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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President Taft
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gptkbp:nickname
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Big Bill
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gptkbp:notable_event
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Only person to serve as both President and Chief Justice
Supported the 16th Amendment
Served as Chief Justice of the United States after presidency
Established the Department of Labor
Faced a split in the Republican Party
Lost the 1912 election to Woodrow Wilson
Oversaw the construction of the Panama Canal
Signed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act
Supported the 17th Amendment
Advocated for international arbitration
Created the Federal Trade Commission
Promoted the use of the income tax
Advocated for the establishment of the National Park Service
First President to throw a baseball at a baseball game
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:Dollar_Diplomacy
Trust-busting
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gptkbp:office
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gptkb:legislation
gptkb:Police_Department
gptkb:Governor-General_of_the_Philippines
gptkb:legal_case
27th President of the United States
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gptkbp:party
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gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkb:William_H._Taft
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gptkbp:profession
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gptkb:legislation
gptkb:Judge
gptkb:Politician
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Helen_Herron_Taft
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson
gptkb:William_H._Taft
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gptkbp:term_end
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1913-03-04
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gptkbp:term_start
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1909-03-04
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