President William Howard Taft

President William Howard Taft was born on 15 September 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio.¹ He was the son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria Torrey.¹ President William Howard Taft married Helen (Nellie) Herron on 19 June 1886 in Cincinnati, Ohio.¹ President William Howard Taft died on 8 March 1930 in Washington, DC, at age 72.¹ He was buried at Arlington Cementary, Arlington County, Virginia.¹
He became the father of Robert Alphonso Taft on 8 September 1889.¹ William Howard's father Alphonso Taft died in 1891.¹ President William Howard Taft became the father of Helen Herron Taft on 1 August 1891.¹ President William Howard Taft became the father of Charles Phelps Taft on 20 September 1897.¹ William Howard's mother Louisa Maria Torrey died in 1907.¹ Won the Republican Nomination upon Roosevelts recommendation. Won the 1908 election over William J. Bryan by a popular vote of 7,675,320 to 6,412,294 and an electoral vote of 321 to 162. James S. Sherman was his vice-president. Because of his weight of 332 pounds he was nich-named 'Big Bill'.¹ President William Howard Taft became President of the United States on 4 March 1909 replacing President Theodore Roosevelt. President William Howard Taft was over Vice President James S. Sherman as Vice President of the United States on 4 March 1909.
President William Howard Taft was replaced as President of the United States by President Woodrow Thomas Wilson on 4 March 1913. William Howard's son Robert Alphonso Taft was married to Martha Wheaton Wheaton-Bowers on 17 October 1914 in Washington, DC.¹ William Howard's son Charles Phelps Taft was married to Eleanor Kellogg Chase on 6 October 1917 in Waterbury, Connecticut.¹ William Howard's daughter was married at wedding of Helen Herron Taft and Frederick Johnson Manning on 15 July 1920.¹