On March 8, 1930, William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States, died at age 72. And before you ask the question: no, he did not die by getting stuck in a bathtub. In fact ...

William Howard Taft was the natural successor to Theodore Roosevelt, with whom he had a very warm working relationship (one journalist wrote that T.A.F.T. stood for “Take Advice From Theodore.”) He ...

William Howard Taft is the only person to serve as both U.S. president and Supreme Court Chief Justice during his career. William Howard Taft served as the 27th U.S president and commander in chief ...