- Taft
Taft may refer to:
People
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William Howard Taft , 27th President of the United States and 10th Chief Justice of the United States*The
Taft family , a political dynasty that includes the above-named President:
**The Tafts of Mendon and Uxbridge ,Massachusetts :
***Robert Taft, Sr. , immigrant, patriarch of the Taft family, and great-great-great-great-grandfather of President Taft
***Josiah Taft , grandson of Robert Sr and husband of Lydia Chapin Taft
***Lydia Chapin Taft , widow of Josiah and the first woman to vote in colonial America
***Peter Rawson Taft , great-great-grandson of Robert Sr, grandfather of President Taft, and aVermont legislator
***John Robert Taft , great-great-great nephew to President Taft, a highly accomplished general liability claims adjuster
** The Tafts ofOhio :
***Alphonso Taft , Attorney General and Secretary of War of the United States, co-founder ofSkull and Bones , great-great-great-grandson of Robert Sr, and father of President Taft
***Horace Dutton Taft , brother of the President
***Robert Taft , United States Senator from Ohio, son of the President
***Robert Taft, Jr. , United States Senator from Ohio, son of the above-named Senator
***Bob Taft , former Governor of Ohio, great grandson of the President, and grandson and son (respectively) of the above two men*Other people named Taft, but not members of the above family:
**Lorado Taft , American sculptorPlace names
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*Taft, Yazd ;Philippines
*Taft, Eastern Samar ;United States
*Taft, California
*Taft, Florida
*Taft, Louisiana
*Taft, Minnesota
*Taft, Montana
*Taft, Oklahoma
*Taft, Oregon
*Taft, Tennessee
*Taft, Texas
*Taft, Virginia
*The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, founded by Horace Dutton Taft
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