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William Howard Taft is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. His parents were Louise and Alphonso Taft -
In 1874 Taft goes to Yale University to study law. -
After attending Yale, Taft receives a law degree. -
After being rejected twice, William Taft got married to Helen Herron. -
Robert Alphonso Taft is born as the eldest child of William and Helen Taft. -
Helen Herron Manning is the second born of Taft -
William Taft's third and last child, Charles Phelps Taft II, is born -
Before the presidency, Taft became the governor of the Philippines for three years. -
With help from Theodore Roosevelt, Taft becomes republican and wins against William Jennings Bryan for presidency -
As reluctant as he was, Taft became president on March 4, 1909. His predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt, convinced him to run as candidate. -
The Payne-Aldrich act was passed to lower the tariffs on goods that entered the U.S. -
The senate calls for the sixteenth amendment for the Constitution which authorized Congress to collect income taxes -
Taft developed the Mann-Elkins act of 1910. This was to enforce the Interstate Commerce Commission to have higher authority over railroad rates. -
Taft throws the first ever ceremonial first pitch of a baseball game. He himself, was quite a fan of baseball. -
Reportedly from rumors and new spread, while Taft was president, he had gotten stuck in a bathtub at the white house. -
Taft's wife, Helen Taft, suffers a stroke which causes her to have a speech impediment. -
So that Taft wouldn't break another bond with Roosevelt, he agreed to sign the dissolution of standard oil. -
On this day, New Mexico was named the forty-seventh state -
Arizona was made the forty-eighth state -
Theodore Roosevelt runs as a candidate for president in 1912 against William Taft. They both end up losing in the re-election of 1912. -
William H. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt lose terribly against Woodrow Wilson. Wilson gained 42% of the country's vote while Taft had 23%, and Roosevelt had 27%. -
Mrs. Taft plants the first ever cherry trees given by Japan. This was a sign of international friendship -
In Newfoundland, Canada, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank along with over 1,500 passengers and crew. -
Congress passes a law which requires all workers to work 8 hours that have federal contracts -
John Sherman, Taft's vice president, dies in 1912 -
The sixteenth amendment is finally ratified -
After being defeated by Woodrow Wilson in the re-election of 1912, Taft left the White House. -
Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated and made the 28th president of the U.S. -
After a miserable term, Taft leaves office and acquires his dream job, chief justice. That is the job he had until he died in 1930. -
As a result of heart disease, bladder inflammation, and high blood pressure, William Howard Taft dies on March 8, 1930.