FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Next is “Big Bill” - William Howard Taft. Before becoming the 27th president - Taft aspired to be a Supreme Court Justice. His first step toward this goal was ...

In 1910, it was Frederick Cleveland, an academic, who was President William H. Taft’s designated head of his effort to streamline government. Both presidents, Taft and Trump, have said they ...

Retropolis The nation’s fattest president loved steaks for breakfast. Then he went on a diet. William Howard Taft’s housekeeper kept track of his weight, which ballooned to 332 pounds.

On this day in history, April 14, 1910, President William Howard Taft became the first U.S.president to throw out the first pitch on baseball's Opening Day. The game was held in Washington, D.C.

William Howard Taft wanted to be chief justice, not president, as author Jared Cohen writes in an exclusive excerpt from "Life After Power," his new book. Here's what the country can learn from him.

Cincinnati-born William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States and the 10th chief justice, the only person to hold both positions. Yet he is more likely to be associated with the ...

Perhaps the most lasting moment of William Howard Taft's U.S. presidency took place in his bathtub. It certainly wasn't any of his political activities — even his official White House biography ...

President Taft: this is the first time so far as I know, that a president of the Untied States has stepped beyond the border of the United States. ... William Howard Taft in 1909. Trish Long.

The photograph showing the arrival in Cape Girardeau before sunrise of President William Howard Taft by boat on Oct. 26, 1909, which was published in this newspaper Wednesday, was taken by George ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Laura Ellyn Smith, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) For four months ...