President William Taft By daniroberts 1857 Taft's Birth 1878 Graduated from Yale 1880 Graduated from Cincinnati Law School 1886 Married Helen Herron Period: 1887 to 1890 Judge in Ohio Superior Court Period: 1890 to 1892 U.S. Solicitor General 1891 Became a Federal Circuit Judge 1900 Sent to the Philippines as Chief Civil Administrator by President McKinley Period: 1901 to 1904 Governor of the Philippines Period: 1909 to 1913 Held Office as the 27th President of the U.S. 1912 Renominated for Presidency Period: 1921 to 1930 Held office as the 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. 1930 Taft's Death