William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was born on September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

While a professor at the University of Cincinnati School of Law, he advised one of his students, Miller Huggins, to pursue baseball after Huggins realized that he could make more money playing baseball than practicing law. Huggins played for the Cincinnati Reds (1904-1909), and the St. Louis Cardinals (1910-1916), then managed the Cardinals (1913-1917), and New York Yankees (1918-1929).

President of the United States, 4 March 1909 - 4 March 1913.

He was an actor, known for The President's Pardon (1913), The Patriot (1913) and Hutchinson, Kansas, Semi-Centennial Celebration (1912). He was married to Helen Herron.

In 1914, he awarded the winner's cup in a fat-baby contest to the then one-year-old Lloyd Bridges.

Chief Justice of the United States; 11 July 1921 (date took oath) - 3 February 1930 (resigned shortly before his death).

He is the only former president ever to have sworn in a new president into office. In 1923 he swore in Calvin Coolidge while serving as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

In 1929 Taft kept forgetting the words when he swore Herbert Hoover in as President. It has been suggested that Taft may have been displaying symptoms of Alzheimer's disease at the end of his life.

Pictured on a US 4¢ regular series postage stamp issued 4 June 1930.

Pictured on the 50¢ US postage stamp in the Presidential Series, issued 8 December 1938.

His great-grandson, Robert Alphonso Taft II (Bob Taft), was the Governor of Ohio (1 January 1, 1999 - 8 January 2007).

Inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame in 2009.

Inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class) in the category Politics & Leadership.