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Taft was one of six children his parents were Louisa Maria Torrey (mother) and Alphonso Taft (father). Many of Taft's ancestors went into law. his father had served under Ulysses S. Grant as a former Secretary of war and attorney general.
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Taft's education started in a private school like his father went to, he then attended Yale collage and there he joined the now secret society Skull and Bones which his father co-founded in 1832 he graduated from Yale in 1878. from then he didn't follow the tradition he went to the University of Cincinnati College of Law and he was admitted into the Ohio Stated Bar Association in 1880.
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William Howard Taft was born on September 15 1857 in Cincinnati Ohio.
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Taft's presidency started in f 1909 and ended in 1913
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Taft's legacy might not be something you would wanna be known for and one of the most popular things he's known for is having a huge bathtub now I'm talking big when I say big it was about the size of a bathtub and a half and it still stands in the white house today he had to have it specially put in just for him.
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Taft taut at Yale Law School in 1912
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Taft was part of his own party called the Bull Moose Party In this same year he gave up on politics for a bit and went to teaching at Yale.
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William Howard Taft died from Cardiovascular Disease
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You can find a memorial for Taft in DC and also at Yale Law School
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William Howard Taft died on March 8, 1930
