General Information:
Major "Events" of his Presidency:
- William H. Taft had been the twenty-seventh President of the nation with James Sherman as his Vice President for a majority of his only term.
- Term as President lasted from 1909 to 1913.
- Taft had served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1891.
Major "Events" of his Presidency:
- The creation of the United States Chamber of Commerce and the National College Athletic Association.
- The creation of the Progressive Party.
- The passing of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff.
- The Presidential signing of the Postal Saving Bank Act, the Mann Act, and the Panama Canal Act
- The statehood of Alaska is granted.
- The ratification of the 16th amendment.