William Howard Taft

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Yale_University
gptkb:Cincinnati_Law_School
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Warren_G._Harding
gptkbp:appointedByAsSecretaryOfWar gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gold_Medal,_National_Institute_of_Social_Sciences
gptkbp:birthDate 1857-09-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cincinnati,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart disease
gptkbp:chiefJusticePredecessor gptkb:Edward_Douglass_White
gptkbp:chiefJusticeSuccessor gptkb:Charles_Evans_Hughes
gptkbp:chiefJusticeTermEnd 1930
gptkbp:chiefJusticeTermStart 1921
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Phelps_Taft_II
gptkb:Helen_Taft_Manning
gptkb:Robert_A._Taft
gptkbp:deathDate 1930-03-08
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:ethnicity English-American
gptkbp:father gptkb:Alphonso_Taft
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Philippine_Islands
gptkbp:governorTermStart 1901
gptkbp:height 182 cm
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Howard Taft
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Skull_and_Bones
gptkbp:militaryService none
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Louise_Torrey_Taft
gptkbp:notableFor Only person to serve as both President and Chief Justice of the United States
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Our_Chief_Magistrate_and_His_Powers
gptkb:Popular_Government:_Its_Essence,_Its_Permanence_and_Its_Perils
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_India
gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:president 27
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Unitarianism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:secretaryOfWar 1904-1908
gptkbp:signature William Howard Taft signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Helen_Herron_Taft
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:termEnd 1904
1913
gptkbp:termStart 1909
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:James_S._Sherman
gptkbp:weight varied, up to 340 lbs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3