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Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="755.19.77">Taft, Allen R.</a> — of Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Queens County 5th District, 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="366.03.29">Taft, Alphonso</a> (1810-1891) — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Townshend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-born.html">Windham County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/11-05.html">November 5, 1810</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/OH.html">1856</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/OH.html">1860</a> (alternate); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a>, 1856; superior court judge in Ohio, 1865-72; candidate for nomination for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1875; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of War</a>, 1876; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 1876-77; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AH-diplomats.html ">Austria-Hungary</a>, 1882-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-diplomats.html ">Russia</a>, 1884-85. Died in San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-died.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/05-21.html">May 21, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 197 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-buried.html#cms00470">Spring Grove Cemetery</a>, Cincinnati, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sylvia (Hayward) Taft and <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/08-29.html">August 29, 1841</a>, to Fannie Phelps; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/12-26.html">December 26, 1853</a>, to Louisa Maria Torrey; father of <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a>, <a href="#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a> (who married <a href="#380.36.61">Helen Louise Herron</a>) and <a href="#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; grandfather of <a href="#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a>, <a href="#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a>, <a href="#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a> and <a href="#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#961.38.58">George Franklin Chapin</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#222.26.90">Daniel Chapin</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkinson-hormann.html#544.37.14">William Warner Hoppin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#304.90.64">Calvin Fillmore</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#293.51.72">Bela Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#341.80.46">Heman Ticknor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyer.html#944.94.91">Elisha Dyer Jr.</a>, <a href="#486.49.05">William Nelson Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#403.46.98">Arthur Chapin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso Taft">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/taft-alphonso ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/385/000098091">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/4592">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="000.66.50">Taft, Arthur M.</a> (b. 1854) — of Worcester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Born in Uxbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/01-28.html">January 28, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Twenty-First Worcester District, 1901-06; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a> First Worcester District, 1906-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Brigham A. Taft.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="836.99.07">Taft, Arthur Robert</a> (b. 1859) — of Uxbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Born in Uxbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/02-19.html">February 19, 1859</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">financier</a>; president, Uxbridge & Northbridge <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Electric Light</a> Co.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1898. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Taft and Mary (Balcom) Taft; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/">1880</a> to Mary Seagrave; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/05-02.html">May 2, 1889</a>, to Rose F. George.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Taft, Bob See <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5579668698/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/117/31.25.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Charles P. Taft"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="117.31.25">Taft, Charles Phelps</a> (1843-1929) — also known as Charles P. Taft; Charlie Taft — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/12-21.html">December 21, 1843</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1871-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 1st District, 1895-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/OH.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/OH.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/OH.html">1912</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Philanthropist; owner, Chicago Cubs <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">baseball</a> team. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/12-31.html">December 31, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-buried.html#cms00470">Spring Grove Cemetery</a>, Cincinnati, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a> and Fannie (Phelps) Taft; half-brother of <a href="#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a> (who married <a href="#380.36.61">Helen Louise Herron</a>) and <a href="#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/12-04.html">December 4, 1873</a>, to Annie Sinton; uncle of <a href="#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a>, <a href="#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; grandson of <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a>; granduncle of <a href="#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a>, <a href="#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a> and <a href="#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkinson-hormann.html#544.37.14">William Warner Hoppin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#961.38.58">George Franklin Chapin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000007">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410597">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11763">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="835.28.29">Taft, Charles Phelps II</a> (1897-1983) — also known as Charles P. Taft — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/09-20.html">September 20, 1897</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-officials.html">Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1927-28; member, Cincinnati City Council, 1938-42; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1952, 1958 (primary); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cincinnati.html">mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, 1955-57. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/skull-bones.html">Skull and Bones</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/06-24.html">June 24, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 277 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-buried.html#cms00470">Spring Grove Cemetery</a>, Cincinnati, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a> and <a href="#380.36.61">Helen Herron Taft</a>; brother of <a href="#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/10-06.html">October 6, 1917</a>, to Eleanor Kellogg Chase (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#192.92.24">Irving Hall Chase</a>); father of <a href="#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; nephew of <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a> and <a href="#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; uncle of <a href="#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a> and <a href="#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a>; grandson of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#190.32.97">John Williamson Herron</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins9.html#769.45.74">William Collins</a>; granduncle of <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#209.06.86">Ela Collins</a>; first cousin of <a href="#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#777.19.64">Frederick Lippitt</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17063420">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="949.69.62">Taft, Charles W.</a> — of Oswego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-lived.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-parties.html">Chair of Oswego County Republican Party</a>, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="038.51.57">Taft, Charles W.</a> — of Oneida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Taft, Charlie See <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="540.14.60">Taft, Elihu Barber</a> (1847-1929) — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-lived.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt. Born in Williston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/03-25.html">March 25, 1847</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Chittenden County, 1888-90. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Universalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/index.html">1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-buried.html#cms03497">Lakeview Cemetery</a>, Burlington, Vt. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Eleazer Taft and Ellen M. (Barber) Taft; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/04-01.html">April 1, 1875</a>, to Lucia A. Johnson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "A Useful Man."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33167955">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Taft, Emily See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#637.01.17">Emily Taft Douglas</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="454.26.26">Taft, Esther K.</a> — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CT.html">Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/CT.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CT.html">1956</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="683.90.62">Taft, Francis H.</a> — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="370.33.86">Taft, Fred L.</a> — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/OH.html">1908</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 21st District, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="823.49.75">Taft, George E.</a> (born c.1855) — of Unionville, Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Sheffield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., about 1855. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Farmington, 1911-12. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="859.21.83">Taft, Gideon</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Washington County, 1807-08. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="380.36.61">Taft, Helen Herron</a> (1861-1943) — also known as Helen Louise Herron; "Nellie" — Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/06-02.html">June 2, 1861</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1909-13. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/05-22.html">May 22, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#190.32.97">John Williamson Herron</a> and Harriet Anne (Collins) Taft; sister of Lucy Hayes Herron (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#501.17.19">Henry Frederick Lippitt</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/06-19.html">June 19, 1886</a>, to <a href="#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a> (son of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a>; half-brother of <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a>; brother of <a href="#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; uncle of <a href="#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a>; grandson of <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a>); mother of <a href="#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins9.html#769.45.74">William Collins</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#777.19.64">Frederick Lippitt</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#209.06.86">Ela Collins</a>; grandmother of <a href="#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a>, <a href="#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a> and <a href="#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; great-grandmother of <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#358.48.30">Moses Seymour</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#849.24.85">William Sheffield Cowles</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen Herron Taft">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7396">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=32193">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="034.92.64">Taft, Henry Waters</a> (1859-1945) — also known as Henry W. Taft — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/05-27.html">May 27, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; director, Central Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of New York; trustee, Mutual <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Life Insurance</a> Company;; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a>, 1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/skull-bones.html">Skull and Bones</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/psi-upsilon.html">Psi Upsilon</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">Tripped and fell</a> on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as a result, in St. Luke's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/08-11.html">August 11, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 76 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms00342">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Bronx, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a> and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a>; brother of <a href="#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a> (who married <a href="#380.36.61">Helen Louise Herron</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/03-28.html">March 28, 1883</a>, to Julia Walbridge Smith; father of <a href="#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a>; uncle of <a href="#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; grandson of <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a>; granduncle of <a href="#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a>, <a href="#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a> and <a href="#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkinson-hormann.html#544.37.14">William Warner Hoppin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#961.38.58">George Franklin Chapin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0194.html">Davis family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0260.html">Adams-Rusling family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry W. Taft">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="861.06.73">Taft, Herbert James</a> (b. 1860) — also known as Herbert J. Taft — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Born in Mason, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/09-01.html">September 1, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1890-91; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 15th District, 1905-06. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-un-workmen.html">Ancient Order of United Workmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Taft and Mary (Wilson) Taft; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/10-21.html">October 21, 1887</a>, to Ida F. Chamberlin.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="132.48.64">Taft, Hoover</a> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PI-lived.html">Pitt County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NC.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="092.97.53">Taft, Hope</a> (born c.1944) — also known as Hope Rothert — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/OU-born.html">Ouachita County</a>, Ark., about 1944. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/OH.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/habitat-humanity.html">Habitat for Humanity</a>. Still living as of 2004. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="311.72.78">Taft, James L., Jr.</a> — of Cranston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/RI.html">1972</a> (delegation chair). Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="640.56.67">Taft, James Scollay</a> (b. 1844) — also known as James S. Taft — of Keene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-lived.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H. Born in Nelson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-born.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/07-16.html">July 16, 1844</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Dry goods merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/glass.html">pottery manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1895; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncn8.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a>, 1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/keene.html">mayor of Keene, N.H.</a>, 1903-05. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Asa Taft and Nancy (Burnap) Taft; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/01-09.html">January 9, 1874</a>, to Helen A. Ball.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="049.93.90">Taft, John R., Jr.</a> — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/northadams.html">Mayor of North Adams, Mass.</a>, 1983. Still living as of 1983. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="926.79.78">Taft, Joseph S.</a> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/houston.html#2">Houston, Tex.</a>, 1865-66. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="445.17.04">Taft, Kathy</a> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PI-lived.html">Pitt County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NC.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="237.43.75">Taft, Kingsley Arter</a> (1903-1970) — also known as Kingsley A. Taft — of Shaker Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/07-19.html">July 19, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1933-34; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1946-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/spju.html">justice of Ohio state supreme court</a>, 1948-62, 1962-70; died in office 1970. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/03-28.html">March 28, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 252 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-buried.html#cms00167">Lake View Cemetery</a>, Cleveland, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frederick L. Taft and Mary Alice (Arter) Taft; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/09-14.html">September 14, 1927</a>, to Louise Dakin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000008">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410598">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8082455">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="535.16.90">Taft, Levi B.</a> — of Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 6th Circuit, 1874-75. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="395.02.53">Taft, Lorado</a> — Member, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1925-29. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="026.68.77">Taft, Marcus</a> — of Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Woodstock, 1837. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="368.74.63">Taft, Minnie</a> — of Moore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CV-lived.html">Cleveland County</a>, Okla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/OK.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="792.10.38">Taft, Orray, Jr.</a> (b. 1909) — of Santa Barbara, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SA-lived.html">Santa Barbara County</a>, Calif. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/02-21.html">February 21, 1909</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JL-consuls.html ">Guadalajara</a>, 1932; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-consuls.html ">Warsaw</a>, as of 1934-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AG-consuls.html ">Algiers</a>, 1942; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BX-consuls.html ">Mexicali</a>, 1942; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, 1943-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BC-consuls.html ">Vancouver</a>, 1945-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LY-consuls.html ">Tripoli</a>, 1949-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AU-consuls.html ">Sydney</a>, 1956-60. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Orray Taft and Mary Margaret (Aylesworth) Taft; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/09-11.html">September 11, 1933</a>, to Janet Chapman Davidson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Taft, Pauline Gertrude See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgeehan-mcgoodwin.html#727.52.93">Gertrude Taft McGeorge</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="083.03.95">Taft, Peter Rawson</a> (1785-1867) — of Vermont. Born in Uxbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/04-14.html">April 14, 1785</a>. Member of Vermont state legislature, 1820. Died in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/01-01.html">January 1, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 262 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-buried.html#cms00470">Spring Grove Cemetery</a>, Cincinnati, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Aaron Taft and Rhoda (Rawson) Taft; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/12-05.html">December 5, 1810</a>, to Sylvia Howard; father of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a>; grandfather of <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a>, <a href="#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a> (who married <a href="#380.36.61">Helen Louise Herron</a>) and <a href="#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a>, <a href="#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a>, <a href="#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a> and <a href="#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkinson-hormann.html#544.37.14">William Warner Hoppin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyer.html#944.94.91">Elisha Dyer Jr.</a> and <a href="#486.49.05">William Nelson Taft</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#459.87.70">William Greene</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#771.20.70">Wilson Henry Fairbank</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bates.html#735.59.49">Arthur Laban Bates</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#932.33.92">Samuel Clement Fessenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#201.75.54">Benjamin Fessenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#212.82.38">John Milton Fessenden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#398.31.32">Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7651073">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="884.52.35">Taft, Putnam W.</a> — of Worcester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Union candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/worcester.html">mayor of Worcester, Mass.</a>, 1857. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="785.13.87">Taft, Robert, Jr.</a> (1917-1993) — of Indian Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/02-26.html">February 26, 1917</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1955-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/OH.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/OH.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/OH.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/OH.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a>, 1963-65, 1967-71 (at-large 1963-65, 1st District 1967-71); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1971-76; defeated, 1964, 1976. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/12-07.html">December 7, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 284 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-buried.html#cms01446">Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery</a>, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a> and Martha (Bowers) Taft; brother of <a href="#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/">1939</a> to Blanca Noel; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/">1969</a> to Katharine W. Perry; father of <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; nephew of <a href="#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; grandson of <a href="#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a> and <a href="#380.36.61">Helen Herron Taft</a>; grandnephew of <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a> and <a href="#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#190.32.97">John Williamson Herron</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins9.html#769.45.74">William Collins</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#209.06.86">Ela Collins</a>; first cousin of <a href="#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#777.19.64">Frederick Lippitt</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>; distant relative *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benson.html#410.26.93">Ezra Taft Benson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000010">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410600">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1013">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="096.93.11">Taft, Robert</a> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/NH.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=154032&img=1&mode=1&pg=1&tid=2032875"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/734/91.43.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="Robert A. Taft"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="734.91.43">Taft, Robert Alphonso</a> (1889-1953) — also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr. Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our Illustrious Dunderhead" — of Indian Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/09-08.html">September 8, 1889</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1921-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Ohio State House of Representatives</a>, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/OH.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/OH.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/OH.html">1944</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1931-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/index.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/index.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/index.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/index.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/psi-upsilon.html">Psi Upsilon</a>. Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">malignant tumors</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/ny-hospital.html">New York Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/07-31.html">July 31, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 326 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-buried.html#cms01446">Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery</a>, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms07605">Capitol Grounds</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a> and <a href="#380.36.61">Helen Herron Taft</a>; brother of <a href="#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/10-17.html">October 17, 1914</a>, to Martha Wheaton Bowers (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowerman-bowes.html#303.09.67">Lloyd Wheaton Bowers</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson8.html#041.66.97">Thomas Wilson</a>); father of <a href="#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a> and <a href="#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a>; nephew of <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a> and <a href="#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; uncle of <a href="#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; grandson of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#190.32.97">John Williamson Herron</a>; grandfather of <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins9.html#769.45.74">William Collins</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#209.06.86">Ela Collins</a>; first cousin of <a href="#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#777.19.64">Frederick Lippitt</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>; distant relative *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benson.html#410.26.93">Ezra Taft Benson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Robert A. Taft <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a> (opened 1955; now Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-names.html">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000009">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410599">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Taft">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/025/000054860">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13113">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Robert A. Taft: James T. Patterson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395139384/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0395139384&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Mr. Republican : A Biography of Robert A. Taft</a> — John F. Kennedy, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060955449/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060955449&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Profiles in Courage</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1960)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="407.39.33">Taft, Robert Alphonso III</a> (b. 1942) — also known as Bob Taft — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/01-08.html">January 8, 1942</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/peace-corps.html">Served in the Peace Corps</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1977-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-officials.html">Hamilton County Commissioner</a>, 1981-90; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Ohio</a>, 1986; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Ohio</a>, 1991-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1999-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/OH.html">2004</a>; in 2005, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded no contest</a> to four misdemeanors involving <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/disclosure.html">failure to disclose</a> gifts, and was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $4,000; subsequently <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">reprimanded</a> by the Ohio Supreme Court. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a>; married to <a href="#092.97.53">Hope Rothert</a>; nephew of <a href="#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a>; grandson of <a href="#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a>; grandnephew of <a href="#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a> and <a href="#380.36.61">Helen Herron Taft</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a> and <a href="#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#190.32.97">John Williamson Herron</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins9.html#769.45.74">William Collins</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#209.06.86">Ela Collins</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#777.19.64">Frederick Lippitt</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>; distant relative *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benson.html#410.26.93">Ezra Taft Benson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0304.html">Starkweather-Pendleton family</a> of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/bob-taft/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob Taft">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/409/000044277">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="488.48.28">Taft, Royal Chapin</a> (1823-1912) — also known as Royal C. Taft — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Northbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/02-14.html">February 14, 1823</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1880-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1888-89; president, Merchants National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; president, Boston & Providence <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; director, New York, New Haven, and Hartford <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-04.html">June 4, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 111 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Orsmus Taft and Margaret (Smith) Taft; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/10-31.html">October 31, 1850</a>, to Mary Frances Aimington.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/royal-chapin-taft/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3272">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="784.87.97">Taft, Russell Smith</a> (1835-1902) — also known as Russell S. Taft — of Vermont. Born in Williston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/01-28.html">January 28, 1835</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1872-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Vermont state supreme court</a>, 1880-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Vermont Supreme Court</a>, 1899-1902. Died in Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-died.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/03-22.html">March 22, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-buried.html# ">Morse Cemetery</a>, Williston, Vt. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Elijah Taft and Orinda (Kimball) Taft; married to Maria Louise Carlisle and Jane Marlett.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Blessed is he who has found his work."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16816119">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="026.45.34">Taft, Seth Chase</a> (b. 1922) — also known as Seth C. Taft — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/12-31.html">December 31, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1962; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cleveland.html">mayor of Cleveland, Ohio</a>, 1967; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-officials.html">Cuyahoga County Commissioner</a>, 1971; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1982. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Eleanor (Chase) Taft and <a href="#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/06-19.html">June 19, 1943</a>, to Frances Prindle; nephew of <a href="#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a>; grandson of <a href="#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#192.92.24">Irving Hall Chase</a> and <a href="#380.36.61">Helen Herron Taft</a>; grandnephew of <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a> and <a href="#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#699.76.10">Stephen Wright Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#190.32.97">John Williamson Herron</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#377.00.16">Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins9.html#769.45.74">William Collins</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#209.06.86">Ela Collins</a>; first cousin of <a href="#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a> and <a href="#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#399.44.49">Augustus Sabin Chase (1897-1970)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#777.19.64">Frederick Lippitt</a> and <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#553.26.11">Marden Sabin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spalding.html#108.49.42">Joseph Spalding</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starke-starosciak.html#195.69.41">George Anson Starkweather</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starke-starosciak.html#559.93.09">Samuel Starkweather</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starke-starosciak.html#943.19.01">David Austin Starkweather</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#734.69.20">Alvah Sabin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George Smith Catlin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#102.01.36">Clement Phineas Kellogg</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starke-starosciak.html#942.10.91">Henry Howard Starkweather</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="398.70.39">Taft, Thomas K.</a> — of Cornwall-on-Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 25th District, 1912; Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="143.35.43">Taft, Tim</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cocaj.html">Judge of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals</a>, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="504.30.00">Taft, Walbridge S.</a> (1884-1951) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Pelham Manor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-born.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/11-29.html">November 29, 1884</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 16th District, 1916. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/index.html">1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Julia Walbridge (Smith) Taft and <a href="#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; nephew of <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a> and <a href="#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a> (who married <a href="#380.36.61">Helen Louise Herron</a>); grandson of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a>; first cousin of <a href="#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a>, <a href="#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a> and <a href="#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="168.61.40">Taft, Willard</a> — of Spokane, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SP-lived.html">Spokane County</a>, Wash. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/spokane.html">Mayor of Spokane, Wash.</a>, 1956-57. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="385.66.59">Taft, William H.</a> — of Connecticut. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Connecticut</a>, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3514961700/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/155/21.12.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="William H. Taft"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="155.21.12">Taft, William Howard</a> (1857-1930) — also known as William H. Taft; "Big Bill" — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio; New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/09-15.html">September 15, 1857</a>. Republican. Superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor General, 1890-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit</a>, 1892-1900; resigned 1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PI/ofc/gov.html">Governor-General of the Philippine Islands</a>, 1901-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of War</a>, 1904-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1909-13; defeated, 1912; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1921-30; resigned 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/psi-upsilon.html">Psi Upsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/skull-bones.html">Skull and Bones</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/03-08.html">March 8, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 174 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a> and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a>; brother of <a href="#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/06-19.html">June 19, 1886</a>, to <a href="#380.36.61">Helen Louise Herron</a> (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#190.32.97">John Williamson Herron</a>; sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#501.17.19">Henry Frederick Lippitt</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins9.html#769.45.74">William Collins</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#777.19.64">Frederick Lippitt</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#209.06.86">Ela Collins</a>); father of <a href="#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; uncle of <a href="#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a>; grandson of <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a>; grandfather of <a href="#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a>, <a href="#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a> and <a href="#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkinson-hormann.html#544.37.14">William Warner Hoppin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#961.38.58">George Franklin Chapin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson9.html#778.83.92">Walter P. Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carpenter-carper.html#169.55.48">Fred Warner Carpenter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#078.41.50">Charles D. Hilles</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The former <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">community</a> of Taft, now part of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LN-names.html">Lincoln City, Oregon</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — William Howard Taft <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-names.html">San Antonio, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — William Howard Taft <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-names.html">Bronx, New York</a> (closed 2008), was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Taft <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-names.html">Chicago, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — William Howard Taft <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a> (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Los Angees, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and Prosperity."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William H. Taft">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/William Howard Taft">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/288/000026210">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1014">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4069">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/taft-william-howard">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a> — <a href=" http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/whtaft.htm">Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about William Howard Taft: Paolo Enrico Coletta, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700600965/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700600965&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of William Howard Taft</a> — James Chace, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743203941/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743203941&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">1912 : Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the Country</a> — Alpheus Thomas Mason, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0819130915/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0819130915&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">William Howard Taft</a> — Lewis L. Gould, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700616748/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700616748&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The William Howard Taft Presidency</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Critical books about William Howard Taft: Nathan Miller, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684852063/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684852063&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1901</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="905.39.81">Taft, William Howard III</a> (1915-1991) — of Ohio; Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Bar Harbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-born.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/08-07.html">August 7, 1915</a>. Republican. U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-diplomats.html ">Ireland</a>, 1953-57; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MZ-consuls.html ">Lourenco Marques</a>, 1960-62. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/index.html">1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a> and Martha Wheaton (Bowers) Taft; brother of <a href="#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-27.html">June 27, 1942</a>, to Barbara Hoult Bradfield; nephew of <a href="#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; uncle of <a href="#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; grandson of <a href="#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a> and <a href="#380.36.61">Helen Herron Taft</a>; grandnephew of <a href="#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a> and <a href="#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#190.32.97">John Williamson Herron</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins9.html#769.45.74">William Collins</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#209.06.86">Ela Collins</a>; first cousin of <a href="#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#777.19.64">Frederick Lippitt</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/taft-william-howard-iii ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="411.39.93">Taft, William L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Mich. Candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 2nd District, 1964; candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 38th Circuit, 1966. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="486.49.05">Taft, William Nelson</a> (1847-1889) — also known as William N. Taft — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Born in Smithfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/index.html">1847</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Charleston County, 1876-80; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/charleston.html#3">Charleston, S.C.</a>, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/SC.html">1884</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/index.html">1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">about 42 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms00368">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Nathan Taft and Harriet Taft; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/08-02.html">August 2, 1881</a>, to Mary Richardson Moses; third cousin twice removed of <a href="#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stockwell-stokely.html#002.10.93">Celora Martin Stoddard</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0194.html">Davis family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0260.html">Adams-Rusling family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44477755">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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