Back Тафт, Уилиам Ҳовард Abkhazian William Howard Taft Afrikaans ዊልያም ሃወርድ ታፍት Amharic William Howard Taft AN Willelm Howard Taft ANG ويليام هوارد تافت Arabic ويليام هوارد تافت ARZ William Howard Taft AST William Taft Aymara Vilyam Taft Azerbaijani
William Howard Taft | |
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 Portrait c. 1909 | |
| 27th President of the United States | |
| In office March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 | |
| Vice President | James S. Sherman |
| Preceded by | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Succeeded by | Woodrow Wilson |
| 10th Chief Justice of the United States | |
| In office July 11, 1921 – February 3, 1930 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Douglass White |
| Succeeded by | Charles Evans Hughes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 15, 1857 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 8, 1930 (aged 72) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Herron Taft |
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913. He was the only president who also served as a Supreme Court chief justice. He was 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed over 350 pounds (160 kg) at the end of his presidency. A well-known myth about Taft is that he got stuck in a bathtub.