Who is William Howard Taft?

Before becoming President, William Howard Taft was selected to serve on the Superior Court of Cincinnati in 1887. In 1890, Taft was appointed Solicitor General of the United States and in 1891 a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In 1900, President William McKinley appointed Taft Governor-General of the Philippines. In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Taft Secretary of War in an effort to groom Taft, then his close political ally, into his handpicked presidential successor. Out of the victory in the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Islands had become a U.S. protectorate. A civil commission was established toward that end, and McKinley offered to Taft the commission’s presidency. In 1908 he won the bid for presidency, having been hand-picked by Roosevelt to succeed him in office. Taft served only one term, and he focused on civil service reform, trust busting, passing the 16th Amendment, and the postal service. Additionally, through foreign policy he supported both Latin America and Asia in economic development.

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