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There's no debate that William Howard Taft was the largest man -- in poundage -- ever to be elected president. There's ton of photographic evidence to make that point and there is, of course, that ...
William Howard Taft unveiled as the new racing president. ... and generated buzz for the upcoming season at Saturday’s Nats Fest at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
From George Washington's teeth to Taft's bathtub drama: 6 presidential myths, debunked Uh no, Taft did not in fact get stuck in a bathtub. By Michele Debczak. Published March 5, 2022 2:59PM (EST) ...
By George F. Will | The Washington Post ... (“William Howard Taft,” the latest in the series of slender books on “The American Presidents,” now edited by Princeton historian Sean Wilentz) ...
One such family is the Tafts, five generations of a staunchly Republican Ohio family most famous for President William Howard Taft and Senate Republican leader Robert Alphonso Taft, who gave their ...
It’s a bit confusing: Charles Phelps Taft II was the son of William Howard Taft, but named after his uncle. He went by Charlie, but many knew him as Mr. Cincinnati, as he spent 50 years in local ...
Author Jared Cohen and the director of Southern Methodist University's Center for Presidential History Jeffrey Engel talked about William Howard Taft's post-presidency. The George W. Bush ...
For four months, the world’s richest man has played an unprecedented role in U.S. government. At the start of his 2025 term, President Donald Trump asked Elon Musk to cut government “waste and ...
Did William Howard Taft Really Get Stuck in the White House Bathtub? ... The Washington Herald. [Volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, January 14, 1913, Image 1. 14 Jan. 1913.
WASHINGTON (7News) — Following reports of another death by suicide from the William Howard Taft Bridge in Northwest Washington this week, the director of the District Department of ...