WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

• William Howard Taft was the 27th president.
• When he became president he was set on
• continuing Roosevelt's work on the antitrust laws.
• He continued "trust busting" until the end of his term
• when he wasn't reelected.

THE PROGRESSIVE ERA

• In 1908 Taft became president and began
• working fervently on the antitrust laws.
• In 1909 a year later Congress passed the
• Payne-Aldrich Tariff. This law lowered the
• cost for some goods to come into the U.S.

TAFT AS A PRESIDENT

• When Taft was president he spent most
• of his time in the whit house in Washington D.C.
• Before he became president however he worked as
• a judge in Cincinnati being the only president to
• do both.