William Howard Taft

About

The 27th president of the United States and 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who famously hated being president.

Before Fame

He was an intramural heavyweight wrestling champion during his Yale undergraduate years.

Trivia

His League to Enforce Peace sought to find solutions to world problems. Unfortunately, he was best remembered as the president who got stuck in the bathtub, despite the story not being true.

Family Life

His father, Alphonso Taft, was Attorney General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant.

Associated With

He was Secretary of War under President Theodore Roosevelt, his predecessor.

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