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**FACT****S** Some of my facts came from []
 * [[file:this is the right one.pptx]]William Howard Taft was born on September 15 1857, and died March 8 1930.Taft was born in Cincinnati ohio and he was a big kid so his friends and family called him, "Big Bill". **** William Taft weighed over 300 pounds. They had to make a special bathtub because Taft could not fit in the one that the white house had at first. William Howard Taft was the 27th president. As a boy Taft has always loved baseball. But as a fat boy he was not a fast runner. So as the start of the baseball season for the National Leauge, Taft threw the first pitch and made that a tradition for all presidents.Taft considered himself a progressive because of his deep belief in the law as the scientific device should be used by judges to solve society's problems. Taft proved a less adroit politician than Roosevelt and seemed to lack the energy, not to mention the publicity devices, the dedicated supporters, and the broad base of public support that made Roosevelt so formidable. Taft served as a U.S solisiter general from 1890 to 1892. When Taft was running for president he won by 159 electoral votes. William Howard Taft was very intelligent, he graduated 2nd in his class from Yale University!! **
 * Taft liked milk so much he bought his own cow for the white house. The cows name was Molly Wolly. **

Timeline

 * **September 15, 1857: Born in Cincinaty Ohio**
 * **1887: Graduated 2nd in class fom Yale University**
 * **1880: Graduated from Cincinnati Law School**
 * **1890-1892: Fifth United States Solicitor General**
 * **1901-1903: First Civil Governor of the Philippines**
 * **1904-1908: 42nd United States Secretary of War**
 * **1906-1906: First Provisional Governor of Cuba**
 * **1909-1913: 27th President of the United States**
 * **1921-1930: Tenth Chief Justice of the United States**
 * **March 4, 1930: Died**

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**Book Summary** **Alfonso and Louise Taft had William on September 15 (my birthday) 1857. He was a very smart boy in high school. He got accepted into Yale University, and graduated best in his class. After Yale Taft became a circut court judge in 1875 and mentiond for the Surpream court. During the last part of taft being his last session of being a circut judge William got destracted by a women named Nellie, who he met at a coasting party in 1879, when Nellie was eighteen. In 1898 the United States got in the Spanish-American war. William was the only president to serve in the three branches of governtment. William died March 8 1930. In 1909, the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act passed. This changed the tariff rates from 46 to 41%. It upset both the Democrats and the progressive Republicnas who felt that it was just a token change.**



= __Citation__ = Casey, Jane. //Casey Jane//. 1st ed. Chicago: Childrens press, 1989. 98. Print.

Taft's accloplishments as our president
**In 1912 Taft sent marines to Nicaragua to help stop a rebellion against the government because it was friendly to American business interests. Following Roosevelt into office, Taft continued to enforce antitrust laws. He was key in bringing down the Standard Oil Company in 1911. Also during Taft's term in office, the sixteenth amendment was passed that allowed the U.S. to collect income taxes. These acclomplishments that I found came from my book "William Howard Taft", and this website** []

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