A little less than a year after being elected the 27th president of the United States in 1908, William Howard Taft planned an official trip to Los Angeles that included visits to not only the city ...

This black-and-white footage from 1911 captures U.S. President William Howard Taft's arrival in San Francisco. A ferryboat carries the president into the city's dock, where he disembarks at Pier 12.

Vetoing the Immigration Act of 1917, Woodrow Wilson opposed imposing a literacy test on immigrants that would restrict Asian ...

On April 14, 1910, U.S. President William Howard Taft received a contentious reception when he told the audience at the 42nd ...

The conversion of the late great William Howard Taft from Wet to Dry was the high ... News & Observer, President Wilson’s Secretary of the Navy who, in 1914, abolished alcohol on all U.

Protests occurred at the William Howard Taft National Historic Site over the weekend. The protests come as part of a larger coordinated national protest that was seen on Saturday over the firing ...

Barack Obama's trip to Clinton Thursday follows a visit to Rome and Cooperstown while he was in office. What other presidents have been here?

1910 — William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to throw out the first ball at a baseball opener in Washington. 1910 — Chicago’s Frank Smith pitched a one-hitter in the season opener to ...