WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT 1857 1930 TWENTY SEVENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TAFT WILLIAM HOWARD 1857 1930 U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE U.S GOV'T JUDICIAL U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ELECTIONS AND POLITICS WILLIAM TAFT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT WAS BORN IN CINCINNATI OHIO AFTER GRADUATING FROM YALE IN 1878 HE PRACTICED LAW AND BECAME INVOLVED IN LOCAL REPUBLICAN POLITICS IN 1887 HE WAS APPOINTED AS A JUDGE TO THE OHIO SUPERIOR COURT HE SERVED AS U.S SOLICITOR GENERAL FROM 1890 TO 1892 AND AS A U.S CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE FROM 1892 TO 1900 TAFT BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN GOVERNOR OF THE PHILIPPINES IN 1901 HE SERVED AS U.S SECRETARY OF WAR FROM 1904 TO 1908 DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT TAFT ORGANIZED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PANAMA CANAL IN 1908 TAFT WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT DURING HIS ONE TERM HE PROMOTED ANTITRUST LEGISLATION AFTER BEING DEFEATED FOR RE ELECTION IN 1912 TAFT BECAME A LAW PROFESSOR AT YALE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE TAUGHT UNTIL 1921 HE WAS APPOINTED CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT IN 1921 AND SERVED UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1930
