William Howard Taft

Biography of Vice President James S. Sherman (1909-1912)

By admin - Posted on March 14th, 2007

Biography of Vice President James S. Sherman (1909-1912)

Presidency of William H. Taft

You will have to act on your own account. I am to be Vice President and acting as a messenger boy is not part of the duties as Vice President.

â€”James Schoolcraft Sherman to President William Howard Taft » read more »

Biography of President William Howard Taft (1909 - 1913)

By admin - Posted on March 12th, 2007

William Howard Taft (1909 - 1913)

Distinguished jurist, effective administrator, but poor politician, William Howard Taft spent four uncomfortable years in the White House. Large, jovial, conscientious, he was caught in the intense battles between Progressives and conservatives, and got scant credit for the achievements of his administration. » read more »

Inaugural Address of William Howard Taft - 1909

By admin - Posted on March 12th, 2007

THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1909

My Fellow-Citizens:

Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office upon which he is about to enter, or he is lacking in a proper sense of the obligation which the oath imposes. » read more »