Taft

Taft

Taft may refer to:

People

*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 a Vermont legislator
*** John Robert Taft, great-great-great nephew to President Taft, a highly accomplished general liability claims adjuster
** The Tafts of Ohio:
*** Alphonso Taft, Attorney General and Secretary of War of the United States, co-founder of Skull 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 sculptor

Place names

;Iran
*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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