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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: green no-repeat scroll top left;"|William Howard Taft;
Twenty-Seventh President of the United States
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|Born
|September 15, 1857
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|Died
|March 8, 1930
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|Term
|1909-1913
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'''William Howard Taft''' was the 27th President of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913. He is particularly famous for being the portliest president in history, requiring a special bathtub to be installed in the White House. Taft is the only President to go on to serve as Chief Justice of the United States, in addition to being the first-ever president to toss out the ceremonial [[first pitch]] at a [[baseball]] game. He was also the last [[Unitarian]] President, and the only incumbent President in history to seek re-election only to come in third in the [[popular vote]]. This happened in the [[1912 Presidential election]] after Taft's supporters prevented [[Theodore Roosevelt]] from winning the nomination of the [[Republican]] party, leading Roosevelt to form the [[Progressive Party]] and come in ahead of Taft but behind [[Woodrow Wilson]] on election day.
He died on February 3, 1930 at the age of 71. <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents, William Howard Taft]] by Jane Clark Casey, Children's Press, 1989. </ref> Along with [[John F. Kennedy]], he is one of only two presidents to be buried at [[Arlington Cemetery]].
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[[category:presidents of the United States]]
[[category: Judges]]
|align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:William taft.jpg|200px]]
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: green no-repeat scroll top left;"|William Howard Taft;
Twenty-Seventh President of the United States
|-
|Born
|September 15, 1857
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|Died
|March 8, 1930
|-
|Term
|1909-1913
|-
|}
'''William Howard Taft''' was the 27th President of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913. He is particularly famous for being the portliest president in history, requiring a special bathtub to be installed in the White House. Taft is the only President to go on to serve as Chief Justice of the United States, in addition to being the first-ever president to toss out the ceremonial [[first pitch]] at a [[baseball]] game. He was also the last [[Unitarian]] President, and the only incumbent President in history to seek re-election only to come in third in the [[popular vote]]. This happened in the [[1912 Presidential election]] after Taft's supporters prevented [[Theodore Roosevelt]] from winning the nomination of the [[Republican]] party, leading Roosevelt to form the [[Progressive Party]] and come in ahead of Taft but behind [[Woodrow Wilson]] on election day.
He died on February 3, 1930 at the age of 71. <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents, William Howard Taft]] by Jane Clark Casey, Children's Press, 1989. </ref> Along with [[John F. Kennedy]], he is one of only two presidents to be buried at [[Arlington Cemetery]].
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Taft, William Howard}}
[[category:presidents of the United States]]
[[category: Judges]]