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William Howard Taft
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States · 1892–1921
William Howard Taft , Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices.
Education
- Yale CollegeB.A., 1878
- Cincinnati Law School (now University of Cincinnati College of Law)LL.B., 1880
Career
Assistant prosecutor, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1881-1882; Collector of internal revenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1882-1883; Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1883-1887; Assistant county solicitor, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1885-1887; Judge, Superior Court of Cincinnati [Ohio], 1887-1890; Solicitor general of the United States, 1890-1892; Professor and dean, University of Cincinnati, 1896-1900; President, U.S. Philippine Commission, 1900-1901; Civil governor, Philippine Islands, 1901-1904; Secretary of War, 1904-1908; President of the United States, 1909-1913; Kent professor of law, Yale University, 1913-1921; Presiding officer, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States), 1922-1929
Biography
William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices.
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