On October 27, 1911, however, Roosevelt and Taft's deteriorating friendship officially came to an end when Taft's administration filed an antitrust suit against US Steel, which Roosevelt labeled as a " good trust ".

Indeed, Taft's administration marked a change in style from the political charisma of Roosevelt to the passion of Taft for the rule of law.

During Taft's administration, a rift grew between Roosevelt and Taft as they became the leaders of the Republican Party's two wings: the progressives, led by Roosevelt, and the conservatives, led by Taft.

During William H. Taft's administration, the federal government moved to strengthen its regulatory control over the railroad industry by the passage of the Mann-Elkins Act.

He was Secretary of Commerce and Labor during President William Howard Taft's administration ( 1909 – 1913 ).

Prior to her election, she was the Director of the Office of Appalachia in Governor Bob Taft's administration.

The bill finally went through in President William Howard Taft's administration, when Congress authorized its construction March 4, 1913.

A popular figure in Republican politics, he turned down three cabinet posts during his political career: Secretary of the Interior in President William McKinley's administration in 1898, Attorney General under President McKinley in 1901, and Secretary of State in President William Howard Taft's administration in 1909.

According to biographer Anderson, contrary to the belief of Roosevelt and other allies, Taft's role as Governor-General in the Philippines did not serve to equip him with the political skills essential for the White House.

It did not take long for Taft's markedly different style, and lack of political acumen, to emerge.

Both Barceló and Jose Tous Soto, the president of the pro-statehood Republican Party of Puerto Rico, understood by Taft's statement that neither independence nor statehood would be considered for the time being and therefore in 1924, they formed an " Alliance " between their political party's which would concentrate in Puerto Rico's economic situation instead of its status quo.

On April 8, the day after Taft's letter, Dr. Jokichi Takamine, the Japanese chemist famous as the discoverer of adrenaline and takadiastase, was in Washington with Midzuno, the Japanese consul in New York City.

Wright and Ide were two of the Commissioners whose days as Commissioners had become numbered after Taft's visit.

A second set of letters, Taft and Roosevelt: The Intimate Letters of Archie Butt, Military Aide, was published in two volumes in 1930 after Taft's death.

This came after that network's founder Leonard Goldenson persuaded Taft's president, a longtime friend, to switch several of the company's stations to ABC.

The Midway, Lorado Taft's Boulevard of Broken Dreams, O ' Connor, Jerome, Chicago Tribune, October 25, 1965.

In particular, Peckham quoted Taft's finding that pipe produced by the cartel could have been produced and delivered to Atlanta for a cost, including a reasonable profit and the cost of transportation, or $ 17 or $ 18 per ton, but the cartel instead charged $ 24. 25 per ton.

The resulting tariff rates in the Payne – Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909 were too high for the progressives, based in part on Taft's campaign promises ; but instead of blaming the act's shortcomings on Senator Nelson W. Aldrich and big business, Taft claimed the responsibility, calling it the best bill to come from the Republican Party.

The democrats referred to Taft's nomination and potential election, pre-determined by the powerful Roosevelt, as a possible " forced succession to the presidency.

No foreign affairs controversy tested Taft's statesmanship and commitment to peace more than the uprising in Mexico against the authoritarian regime of the aging Porfirio Diaz, which had attracted billions in capital investment for economic development, much of it from the U. S. Anti-regime ( and anti-American ) riots began in 1910 and were reported by Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson to Knox, who failed to pass the information on to the President.

At the Republican Convention Dewey was verbally attacked by pro-Taft delegates and speakers as the real power behind Eisenhower, but he had the satisfaction of seeing Eisenhower win the nomination and end Taft's presidential hopes for the last time.

The Japanese Prime Minister Katsura Taro used the opportunity presented by Secretary of War William Howard Taft's stopover in Tokyo to extract a statement from ( representative of the Roosevelt Administration ) Taft's opinions toward the " Korea question ".

As Taft's Ambassador to Mexico, fearing the leftist tendencies of the new Madero government upon the ouster of Diaz ( not to mention the fact that he considered Madero a ' lunatic '), he assumed the role of catalyst for the plot of General Victoriano Huerta, Felix Diaz, and General Bernardo Reyes against President Madero, and was purported to have assisted in arranging the murder of Madero and his vice-president, José María Pino Suárez, during La decena tragica ( The Ten Tragic Days ) in February 1913, a point that was later disputed by Wilson.

Taft Broadcasting Company sold its theme park division in late 1983 for $ 167. 5 million to Kings Entertainment Company ( KECO ), a new company formed by senior executives and general managers of Taft's Amusement Park Group.

The dedication was attended by members of the Chicago City Council, the Union League Clug and Taft's granddaughter.

He was one of only two Supreme Court Justices nominated by President Taft who also later served during Taft's tenure as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Among other honors, Taft's accomplishments were recognized by his election to the National Institute of Arts and Letters ( now known as the American Academy of Arts and Letters ).

Completed by Leonard Crunelle following Taft's 1936 death.

Lieutenant Taft's dogtags were discovered on the body of a NVA soldier who had been killed by 3rd Platoon.

* Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, founded by Horace Dutton Taft, William Howard Taft's brother

In November 1911 the Cleveland Commission on Economy and Efficiency, chaired by Frederick A. Cleveland, President William Howard Taft's chief economic adviser, released a report that called for the dissolution of the RCS and its responsibilities distributed to other agencies in the Federal government.

Under Taft's ownership, WTAF soon established itself as a local powerhouse, and ran programs from Taft's archive, such as Hanna-Barbera cartoons, which from 1979 onward were distributed by Worldvision Enterprises ( which Taft had purchased ), and later on the Quinn Martin library.

The company was originally owned by Taft Broadcasting and in 1984 was purchased for $ 167. 5 million by senior executives and general managers of Taft's Amusement Park Group.

Taft's reasoning was subsequently adopted by the Supreme Court as the proper interpretation of the Sherman Act.

Under Taft's stewardship, channel 20 became very profitable.

The Club's ads noted Schmidt had voted in favor of Governor Taft's 20 percent increase in the state sales tax and increases in the state budget.

The battle between William Howard Taft | Taft and Roosevelt bitterly split the Republican Party ; Taft's people dominated the party until 1936.

Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio, seeking Taft's support in his senatorial re-election, made an appearance with Taft, creating the impression Taft was allied with the big business trusts.

Thus, with the support of convention chairman Elihu Root, Taft's supporters outvoted Roosevelt's men, and the convention renominated incumbents William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman, making Sherman the first sitting vice-president to be nominated for re-election since John C. Calhoun in 1828.

He then made the strategic mistake of trying to beat Taft in Ohio, Taft's home state.

Stassen believed that if he could defeat Taft in his home state, Taft would be forced to quit the race and most of Taft's delegates would support him instead of Dewey.

Jennings is alerted to Taft's activities and orders that Taft be also removed.

In 1948 and 1952 Reece was a leading supporter of Taft's candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination ; however, Taft lost the nomination both times to moderate Republicans from New York.

Two of Taft's grandsons are Robert Alphonso Taft II ( born 1942 ), Governor of Ohio from 1999 to 2007, and William Howard Taft IV ( born 1945 ), Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1984 to 1989.

Taft's younger brother Horace Taft was best man.

With Taft's appointment to the Supreme Court, Mrs. Taft became the only woman to be both First Lady and wife of a chief justice.

The 1912 Republican convention saw the business-oriented faction supporting William Howard Taft turn back a challenge from former president Theodore Roosevelt, who boasted broader popular support and even won a primary in Taft's home state of Ohio.

He performed this service for about $ 2, 000 per year from early 1908 until 1912 when President William Howard Taft removed Masterson from the position during Taft's purge of Roosevelt supporters from government positions.

Guzman flees the scene before Taft's backup arrive, Taft orders Stevens to surrender as Stevens refuses.

On 1901-01-01, like the four other remaining Commissioners ( Commissioner Taft having been appointed Governor on 1901-07-04 ), Ide gained executive power as well, being appointed one of the members of Taft's cabinet.

In 1910, Goveror Draper drove with President William Howard Taft, on an official state visit, to pay respects to Taft's ancestral family homes in Mendon, and Uxbridge, just west of Hopedale.