Essay About Twenty-Seventh President William Howard Taft And Alphonso Taft

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The twenty-seventh President William Howard Taft was born September 15,1857 in Cincinnati,Ohio. He was born to Louisa Torrey and Alphonso Taft. Taft was a very intelligent student and excelled in his studies in school.Later on in life he graduated from Yale University in 1878 and being 2nd in his class. William Howard Taft was born on September 15th 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft was a very intelligent student and excelled in his studies in school. He later graduated from Yale University in 1878 and being 2nd in his class. Then after he graduated he returned to Cincinnati to become a lawyer. Taft was known to be very lazy but friendly and warm hearted. Weighing more that 300 lbs., Taft was also known for being large. In 1881 Taft was appointed assistant prosecutor in Hamilton County after being interested in Republican politics. Then in 1887 he was named judge on the Ohio Superior Court. In 1899 Taft turned down an offer to become the president of Yale College but in 1900 he then accepted William McKinleys request to become the head of a special commission to oversea the government of the islands in the Philippines. Later on he became a very good colonial governor. During this time Taft refused two appointments to the Supreme Court, one of highest ambitions in life, all because he though that his work in the Philippines islands havent been completed yet. But then in 1904 Tafts friend Teddy Roosevelt or TR the president then appointed Taft the new secretary of war.