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William Howard Taft

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WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

BY STASIA KEMNITZER
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BORN

SEPTEMBER 15,1857- MARCH 8,1930
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LIVED

CINCINNATI, OHIO
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POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

  • Republican
  • 10th chief of justice
  • Superior court(Cincinnati)
  • Solicitor general
  • Judge- court of appeals of the 6th circuit
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  • Governor General of Philippines
  • Secretary of war (Theodore Roosevelt)
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PRESIDENCY

  • 1909-1913
  • 1908 bid for presidency-Vs. William j Bryan
  • 321 votes to 162- 29 states to 17
  • Improved postal service, civil service reform,
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ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Didn't interfere with Mexican revolution
  • Dispatched troops to safeguard citizens
  • Dollar-diplomacy- improved Latin American and Asian nations
  • Improved economy, lowered the debt and money loaned
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FUN FACTS

  • Got stuck in his bathtub
  • Nickname- big lub
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