William Howard Taft (September 15 1857 - March 8 1930) was an American politician, the twenty-seventh President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the Republican Party in the early 20th century, a pioneer in international arbitration and staunch advocate of world peace verging on pacifism, and scion of the leading political family in Ohio. Wikipedia
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... School Inaugural Address of William Howard Taft THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1909 My Fellow-Citizens: Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, ... www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/inaug/taft.htm
Distinguished jurist, effective administrator, but poor politician, William Howard Taft spent four uncomfortable years in the White House. www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wt27.html
Taft had severe obstructive sleep apnea. In his four years as President (1909-1913), he could never count on a good night's sleep. www.apneos.com/taft_intro.html
His wife, Helen Harron Taft, was responsible for the stone on their gravesite, Stoney Creek Granite, 14.5 feet tall, sculpted by James Earl Frazer, it is in the Greek Stele motif. www.arlingtoncemetery.net/whtaft.htm