William Howard Taft | |||||||||
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27th President of the United States | |||||||||
In office March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 | |||||||||
Vice President | James S. Sherman | ||||||||
Preceded by | Theodore Roosevelt | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Woodrow Wilson | ||||||||
10th Chief Justice of the United States | |||||||||
In office July 11, 1921 – February 3, 1930 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Edward Douglass White | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Charles Evans Hughes | ||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||
Born | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | September 15, 1857||||||||
Died | March 8, 1930 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 72)||||||||
Political party | Republican | ||||||||
Spouse(s) | Helen Herron Taft | ||||||||
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William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913. He was the only president who also served as a Supreme Court chief justice. He was 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed over 350 pounds (160 kg) at the end of his presidency. A well-known myth about Taft is that he got stuck in a bathtub.
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