Taft family
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The Taft family hails from Cincinnati, Ohio; its members have served Ohio and the United States in various positions, such as Governor of Ohio, U.S. Senator (two), Attorney General, Secretary of War (two), President, and Chief Justice.
After the Lytle family and the Longworth family, the Taft family became and remains Cincinnati's leading family. They have built an Ohio dynasty, which nominally is comparable to the Adams, Bush, and Kennedy political families.
The first known ancestor of the Taft family is Robert Taft, who was born about 1640 in England and died in 1724 in Massachusetts. His wife Sarah was born in England, too; they married in 1668 in Braintree, Ma.
Prominent members of the Taft family include:
- Alphonso Taft (1810-1891)
- Secretary of War (1876)
- Attorney General (1876-1877)
- William H. Taft I (1857-1930)
- President of the United States (1909-1913)
- Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930)
- Secretary of War (1904-1908)
- Robert A. Taft I (1889-1953)
- United States Senator from Ohio (1939-1953)
- Robert Taft (Jr.) (1917-1993)
- United States Senator from Ohio (1971-1977)
- Robert A. Taft II (born 1942)
- Governor of Ohio (1999-present)
- Kingsley A. Taft
- U.S. senator
- Ohio Supreme Court judge
- William H. Taft III
- Ambassador to Ireland
- William H. Taft IV
- Chief legal adviser to the U.S. Department of State
- Charles P. Taft I
- U.S. representative
- owner of the Chicago Cubs until 1916
- Charles P. Taft II
- member of the Cincinnati, Ohio, city council
- Peter R. Taft I
- Vermont legislator
- Peter R. Taft II
- Henry W. Taft
- Walbridge S. Taft
- Seth Chase Taft
- Sheldon A. Taft
- Candidate for Ohio Supreme Court judgeship
External links
- Taft family tree (http://www.hierarchypedia.com/wiki/index.php/Taft_family)