WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

[Library of Congress]

1857-1930

27th President (1909-1913)

Biographical Data
Religious Views
Quotations
References, Links, & Further Reading

Education: Yale

Occupation: lawyer

Political Affiliation: Republican

Organizational Affiliation(s): Mason

Religious Affiliation: Unitarian

Summary of Religious Views:

Views on Religion & Politics:

Quotations:

References, Links, & Further Reading: Books, Articles, Links

Books

Works by William Howard Taft

Four Aspects of Civic Duty, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906
Popular Government: Its Essence, Its Permanence and its Peril, Yale Univ. Press, 1913
The Anti-Trust Act and the Supreme Court, Harper & Bros., 1914
Our Chief Magistrate and His Powers, Columbia Univ. Press, 1915
ed. by David H. Burton and A. E. Campbell, The Collected Works of William Howard Taft, 8 vols., Ohio Univ. Press

Biographies

Donald F. Anderson, William Howard Taft: A Conservative's Conception of the Presidency, Cornell Univ. Press, 1968
Judith I. Anderson, William Howard Taft: An Intimate History, W.W. Norton, 1981
David Burton, William Howard Taft: Confident Peacemaker, St. Joseph's Univ. Press, 2004
Paolo E. Coletta, The Presidency of William Howard Taft, Univ. Press of Kansas, 1973
Alpheus T. Mason, William Howard Taft: Chief Justice, Univ. Press of America, 1983
Henry F. Pringle, The Life and Times of William Howard Taft, 2 vols., Farrar & Rinehart, 1939
Peter Renstrom, The Taft Court: Justices, Rulings, And Legacy, ABC-CLIO, 2003
Walter V. and Marie V. Scholes, The Foreign Policies of the Taft Administration, Univ. of Missouri Press, 1970

Articles

Links

Works by William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft: Selected Works (Humanities Web)
Inaugural Address (AMDOCS)
Inaugural Address of William Howard Taft (Avalon Project -- Yale Law School)
Dollar Diplomacy (Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy -- Mt. Holyoke)
William Howard Taft -- Abolishment of war throughout the world (Vincent Voice Library -- Michigan State University Libraries)

Biographical Sites

William Howard Taft [alternate site] (POTUS)
William Howard Taft (White House)
William Howard Taft (USA Presidents)
William Howard Taft (American President)
A Biography of William Howard Taft (1857-1930) (Hypertext on American History)
William Howard Taft, 27th President (The New York Times)
William Howard Taft (The OYEZ Project -- Northwestern University)
William Taft (Medical History of the Presidents of the United States)
Kinemacolor Frames of William Howard Taft (American WideScreen Museum)
The Taft Summer White House

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