William howard taft birthdate

William Howard Taftwas born on September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio; died on March 8, 1930, in Washington, D.C.; second son of Alphonso and Louise Maria (Torrey) Taft; married: Helen Herron, June 19, 1886; children: Robert A.

Taft, Helen Herron Taft Manning, Charles Phelps Taft II.

"I don't hesitate to say that I would rather have been chief justice than president." --William Howard Taft

The only American to serve the United States both as president and chief justice of the Supreme Court.

* 1892 Appointed judge of U.S.

Court of Appeals
* 1901 Appointed governor of the Philippines; William McKinley assassinated; Theodore Roosevelt assumed presidency
* 1904 Taft joined Roosevelt's cabinet as secretary of war
* 1908 Elected president of the United States
* 1912 Woodrow Wilson elected president
* 1917 U.S.

entered World War I
* 1920 U.S. failed to join League of Nations; Warren Harding elected president
* 1921 Taft appointed chief just