1909 1913 William Howard Taft
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Author | : Jeffrey Rosen |
Publisher | : Times Books |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2018-03-20 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1250293693 |
The only man to serve as president and chief justice, who approached every decision in constitutional terms, defending the Founders’ vision against new populist threats to American democracy William Howard Taft never wanted to be president and yearned instead to serve as chief justice of the United States. But despite his ambivalence about politics, the former federal judge found success in the executive branch as governor of the Philippines and secretary of war, and he won a resounding victory in the presidential election of 1908 as Theodore Roosevelt’s handpicked successor. In this provocative assessment, Jeffrey Rosen reveals Taft’s crucial role in shaping how America balances populism against the rule of law. Taft approached each decision as president by asking whether it comported with the Constitution, seeking to put Roosevelt’s activist executive orders on firm legal grounds. But unlike Roosevelt, who thought the president could do anything the Constitution didn’t forbid, Taft insisted he could do only what the Constitution explicitly allowed. This led to a dramatic breach with Roosevelt in the historic election of 1912, which Taft viewed as a crusade to defend the Constitution against the demagogic populism of Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Nine years later, Taft achieved his lifelong dream when President Warren Harding appointed him chief justice, and during his years on the Court he promoted consensus among the justices and transformed the judiciary into a modern, fully equal branch. Though he had chafed in the White House as a judicial president, he thrived as a presidential chief justice.
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Publisher | : Children's Press(CT) |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2006-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780516226316 |
Presents a biography of William Howard Taft
Author | : Michael L. Bromley |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2007-01-09 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0786429526 |
William Howard Taft declared, "I am sure the automobile coming in as a toy of the wealthier class is going to prove the most useful of them all to all classes, rich and poor." Unlike his predecessors, who made public their disdain for the automobile, Taft saw the automobile industry as a great source of wealth for this country. The first president to acquire a car in office (Congress granted him three automobiles), Taft is responsible for there being a White House garage in 1909. This is a meticulously researched reappraisal of the oft-maligned Taft presidency focusing particularly on his cars, his relationship to the automobile and the role of the automobile in the politics of his day. Appendices provide information on the White House garage and stable, Taft's speech to the Automobile Club of America and a glossary of terms and names.
Author | : United States. President (1909-1913 : Taft) |
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Total Pages | : 692 |
Release | : 1910 |
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Author | : United States. President (1909-1913 : Taft) |
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Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1909 |
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Author | : U. S. President |
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Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Taft, William Howard, Pres. U.S., 1857-1930 |
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Author | : William Howard Taft |
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Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780379120806 |
Author | : United States President (1909-1913 Ta |
Publisher | : Wentworth Press |
Total Pages | : 638 |
Release | : 2016-08-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781372977008 |
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Author | : William Howard Taft (Homme d'État).) |
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Release | : 1913 |
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