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===Presidency===
===Presidency===
[[File:Perry_Wilbon_Howard,_II.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Taft's 1952 presidential ambitions were supported by [[Perry Howard, II]].]]
Taft sought the GOP nomination in [[United States presidential election, 1948|1948]] but it went to his arch-rival, Governor [[Thomas E. Dewey]] of New York. One reason was Taft's reluctance to support farm subsidies, a position that hurt his party in the farm belt. Taft relied on a national core of loyalists, but had trouble breaking through to independents, and hated to raise money. Taft tried again in [[United States presidential election, 1952|1952]], using a strong party base. He promised his supporters that he would name [[Douglas MacArthur]] as candidate for Vice President, but was defeated by charismatic [[Dwight Eisenhower]]. Conservatives felt that chicanery by his opponents caused his narrow defeat at the [[Republican National Convention]].
Taft sought the GOP nomination in [[United States presidential election, 1948|1948]] but it went to his arch-rival, Governor [[Thomas E. Dewey]] of New York. One reason was Taft's reluctance to support farm subsidies, a position that hurt his party in the farm belt. Taft relied on a national core of loyalists, but had trouble breaking through to independents, and hated to raise money. Taft tried again in [[United States presidential election, 1952|1952]], using a strong party base. He promised his supporters that he would name [[Douglas MacArthur]] as candidate for Vice President, but was defeated by charismatic [[Dwight Eisenhower]]. Conservatives felt that chicanery by his opponents caused his narrow defeat at the [[Republican National Convention]].