William Howard Taft: The Reluctant President
by Barry Wright
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The 27th President of the United States was born William Howard Taft on the 15th day of September, in the year
1857 to Alphonso and Louise Taft, of Cincinnati, Ohio. As he was the first of their sons to survive past infancy, his
mother did not mind that he had outgrown all the baby clothes she had sown for him when he was only seven
weeks old. Due to his large size he was given the nickname of “Lub” or “Lubber” which only fueled his desire to
succeed in school and on the playing field. He later became to be known as the largest president in the history of
United States, weighing in at 320 pounds. Although it was rumored that due to his large size he actually got stuck
in the White House bath tub. It took six aides and a gallon of butter to dislodge his body from the bath tub. To
date the White House has the largest bath tub in the United States in that it can hold four men. William went on
to graduate high school in 1874, second in his class. He then enrolled in Yale University where he graduated
second in his class in 1878. Taft had dreams of being an attorney and one day becoming the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, in pursuing this dream he enrolled in the University of Cincinnati Law School and graduated in
1880. No matter how hard he tried he could never seem to please his father, Alphonso Taft, who had been
appointed
Secretary of War and Attorney General under President Ulysses S. Grant from 1876-77. William
loved the law and he loved sports as well. One day, he wanted to watch a Yale boat race instead
of studying, his father showed his disapproval by scolding him and telling him, in a round about
way that he wanted him to enjoy himself as long as he was a success in life. In other words, he
had not ye...
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