Taft, William Howard (09/15/1857-03/08/1930)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Jurist, President of the United States, Chief Justice of the United States
  • Number of Terms: 1
  • Committees/Roles: Ex-officio as Chief Justice of the United States; elected Chancellor 12/13/1923

Subject

  • Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930
  • Board of Regents
  • Chancellor of the Smithsonian Board of Regents
  • Chief Justice of the United States
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States President (1909-1913 : Taft)

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; California State Library; Colorado Department of Education; Raymond E. Baldwin Museum of Connecticut History; Yale University Art Gallery; Cosmos Club; American Red Cross; The White House; Supreme Court of the United States; Northwestern University; Harvard University Law School; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Union League Club; Taft Museum; Union League of Philadelphia; Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin; Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum; RU 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Regent type

Chief Justice

Notes

American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936; Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History." Volume 1, 1897-1942. Chicago: A. N. Marquis Co., 1943.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 10/12/1921-02/04/1930

Topic

  • Judges
  • Regents

Form/Genre

Biographies

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