BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:William Howard Taft UID:2008-04-28-05-04-06-62-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=9;BYMONTHDAY=15 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250915 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250916 DTSTAMP:20260415T150652 CATEGORIES:U.S. Presidents LOCATION:Cincinnati\, Ohio GEO:39.1031182;-84.5120196 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

William Howard Taft (185 7-1930) was an American politician, jurist, and statesman who served as th e 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and later as the 1 0th chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930 - the only person to hold both offices. He was born on September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Oh io into a prominent political family. Taft graduated from Yale University and became a respected judge before entering national service. He served a s governor of the Philippines and U.S. secretary of war under President Th eodore Roosevelt. As president, Taft pursued antitrust actions, supported civil service reform, and expanded the federal judiciary, but he faced pol itical rifts within the Republican Party. After losing reelection in 1912, he fulfilled his lifelong ambition by leading the Supreme Court, where he modernized its administration and strengthened the judiciary’s role. He served until shortly before his death in 1930.

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DESCRIPTION:William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was an American politician\, ju rist\, and statesman who served as the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and later as the 10th chief justice of the United State s from 1921 to 1930 - the only person to hold both offices. He was born on September 15\, 1857 in Cincinnati\, Ohio into a prominent political famil y. Taft graduated from Yale University and became a respected judge before entering national service. He served as governor of the Philippines and U .S. secretary of war under President Theodore Roosevelt. As president\, Ta ft pursued antitrust actions\, supported civil service reform\, and expand ed the federal judiciary\, but he faced political rifts within the Republi can Party. After losing reelection in 1912\, he fulfilled his lifelong amb ition by leading the Supreme Court\, where he modernized its administratio n and strengthened the judiciary’s role. He served until shortly before his death in 1930.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/1,6139-william- howard-taft?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR