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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Politician
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Phi_Beta_Kappa
gptkb:American_Bar_Association
gptkb:Skull_and_Bones
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1889-09-08
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Cincinnati,_Ohio
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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:Robert_Taft_Jr.
gptkb:William_Howard_Taft_IV
Elizabeth Taft
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gptkbp:death_date
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1953-07-01
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gptkbp:death_place
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gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:Yale_University
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gptkbp:full_name
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gptkb:Robert_Alphonso_Taft
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Robert Taft
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge
gptkb:Warren_Harding
gptkb:William_H._Taft
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gptkbp:known_for
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Conservative Republicanism
Opposition to labor unions
Support for free enterprise
Opposition to isolationism
Advocacy for foreign policy realism
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gptkbp:legacy
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Influence on conservative movement
Taft family political dynasty
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gptkbp:notable_achievement
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Support for civil rights legislation
Opposition to the New Deal
Advocacy for limited government
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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" The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
" The best way to keep your word is not to give it."
" A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of society."
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:Taft-Hartley_Act
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:lawyer
gptkb:political_leaders
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gptkbp:party
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gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:political_position
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Senate Minority Leader
Senator from Ohio
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gptkbp:position
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gptkb:U._S._Senator
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Stephen_M._Young
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Martha_Wheaton
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:John_W._Bricker
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gptkbp:term_end
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1953-07-01
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gptkbp:term_start
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1939-01-03
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:William_H._Taft
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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