Taft in a sentence

Stassen believed that if he could defeat Taft in his home state, Taft would be forced to quit the race and most of Taft's delegates would support him instead of Dewey.

Although Taft and his supporters angrily denied this charge, the convention voted to support Fair Play 658 to 548, and Taft lost many Southern delegates.

As the War Department was responsible for the Philippines, Taft would remain responsible for the islands, and Root was willing to postpone his departure until 1904, allowing Taft time to wrap up his work in Manila.

At the Republican Convention in Chicago, though Taft's victory was not immediate, the hard fought outcome was in his favor.sfn Black delegates from the South played a key role: they voted heavily for Taft and put him over the top.

At the Republican Convention, pro-Taft delegates and speakers verbally attacked Dewey as the real power behind Eisenhower, but Dewey had the satisfaction of seeing Eisenhower win the nomination and end Taft's presidential hopes for the last time.

Both Taft and Willkie gained in strength on each ballot, and by the fourth ballot it was obvious that either Willkie or Taft would be the nominee.

Evarts called to see his friend's son as soon as Taft took office, and William and Nellie Taft were launched into Washington society.

Harding made no response, and Taft in a thank-you note reiterated the condition and stated that Chief Justice White had often told him he was keeping the position for Taft until a Republican held the White House.

In his time in Cuba, Taft worked to persuade Cubans that the U.S. intended stability, not occupation.sfn Taft remained involved in Philippine affairs.

In March 1892, Taft resigned as Solicitor General to resume his judicial career.sfn Federal judge Taft's federal judgeship was a lifetime appointment, and one from which promotion to the Supreme Court might come.

In Ohio, the state Republican Party held a primary on February 11. Candidates pledged to Taft were printed on the ballot in a Taft column, and candidates pledged to Foraker were printed in a column under his name.

In September 1952 Taft and Eisenhower met again at Morningside Heights in New York City, where Taft promised to support Eisenhower actively in exchange for Eisenhower agreeing to a number of requests.

Legacy and historical view Taft's headstone at Arlington National Cemetery Lurie argued that Taft did not receive the public credit for his policies that he should have.

Scenes in the film All About Eve (1950) are set at the Taft Hotel (now Taft Apartments) on the corner of College and Chapel streets, and the history of New Haven theaters as Broadway "tryouts" is depicted in the Fred Astaire film The Band Wagon (1953).

Taft and Roosevelt had agreed the party platform would take no position on the matter, and Nation left indignant, to allege that Taft was irreligious and against temperance.

Taft, at Roosevelt's advice, ignored the issue.sfn In the end, Taft won by a comfortable margin.

Taft Court membership timeline yes yes yes yes yes yes Jurisprudence further Commerce Clause The Supreme Court, under Taft, posted a conservative record in Commerce Clause jurisprudence.

Taft followed through, removing most black office holders in the South, and made few appointments from that race in the North. citation At the time Taft was inaugurated, the way forward for African Americans was debated by their leaders.

Taft had control of the party machinery, and it came as no surprise that he gained the bulk of the delegates decided at district or state conventions.sfn Taft did not have a majority, but was likely to have one once southern delegations committed to him.

They claimed that Taft's leaders in these states had unfairly denied delegate spots to Eisenhower supporters and put Taft delegates in their place.