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William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft
(September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American jurist and statesman who served as both the
27th
President of the United States
(1909–13) and later the tenth
Chief Justice of the United States
(1921–30). A leader during the
Progressive Era
, Taft and his conservative allies took control of the
Republican Party
away from Theodore Roosevelt and the liberals. He is the only person to have presided over both the executive and judicial branches of the
United States federal government
.
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