William+H.+Taft

= = Was William H. Taft a Hero or Villain?
 * William Taft was the 27th president of the united states.
 * He made $75,000 a year
 * He served one term
 * William Taft was a hero because he was a good president.



High Expectations
[|American Presidents online] William Taft had a hard time as president trying to follow Roosevelt. Roosevelt even opposed Taft's reelection in 1912 and created his own Bull-Moose party. From childhood Taft had a hard time meeting expectations. He followed his father and brother and went to Yale. So he had a hard life trying to follow in others ways and not always doing good.

1912 election
William Taft had a more judicial not political and a poor public speaker. Roosevelt didn't think that he was a good president and wanted to put himself as the republican nomination. Taft had constant criticism from Roosevelt and stood up to him by putting himself as the nomination of the republican party. Roosevelt then made his own Bull Moose party, this split the republican vote making it easy for Woodrow Wilson to win. Even when Roosevelt tried to make him look bad Taft never quit.about William Taft

A hard time in office
William Taft had a hard time in office. He followed Roosevelt who the people really liked, and he wasn't a great politician but was still president. He was between people wanting to progress and others who didn't. His years in office where hard. And after he received a small amount of credit for his accomplishments.white house.gov

Road to the white house
Taft himself preferred law over politics. His wife was the one that pushed him towards becoming president. He first worked for President McKinley, he was sent to the Philippines as chief civil administrator. Than he was hired by Roosevelt to be secretary of war. After Roosevelt's term ended he thought that Taft should be his successor. That is how Taft became president.

foreign affairs
Foreign affairs was an issue Taft differed from Roosevelt on. Taft wanted to expand U.S. affairs with other counties. He wanted to promote U.S. goods sold in other countries. Taft saw the U.S. military as a tool of economic diplomacy. This was one of Taft's big issues and how he wanted to expand the United states relations.



Interesting facts

 * He was the biggest president, 6ft 2in and 350 pounds his nickname was big bill.

large enough to hold four men inside it.
 * William Taft got stuck in the white house bathtub and had a special one installed, it was
 * He was the chief justice of the supreme court from 1921 till 1930 when he died.


 * Taft was a republican and was a unitarian.