Justice Taft (other)
Justice Taft may refer to: * William Howard Taft (1857–1930), chief justice of the United States Supreme Court * Kingsley A. Taft (1903–1970), chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court * Russell S. Taft Russell Smith Taft (January 28, 1835 – March 22, 1902) was a lawyer, politician and judge who served as the 29th lieutenant governor of Vermont and chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. Early life Russell Smith Taft was born in Will ...

William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for reelection in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice, a position he held until a month before his death. Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1857. His father, Alphonso Taft, was a U.S. attorney general and secretary of war. Taft attended Yale and joined the Skull and Bones, of which his father was a founding member. After becoming a lawyer, Taft was appointed a judge while still in his twenties. He continued a rapid rise, being named solicitor general and a judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1901, President ...
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Kingsley A
Kingsley may refer to: People *Kingsley (given name) * Kingsley (surname) Places Australia *Kingsley, Western Australia Canada * Rural Municipality of Kingsley No. 124, Saskatchewan England *Kingsley, Cheshire *Kingsley, Hampshire *Kingsley, Staffordshire United States *Kingsley, Iowa *Kingsley, Kentucky *Kingsley, Michigan * Kingsley, Oregon *Kingsley, Pennsylvania *Kingsley Corners, Wisconsin *Kingsley Plantation, Florida *Kingsley Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania Other uses *Kingsley College, Melbourne, Australia, a school of theology *Kingsley Hall, London, England *Kingsley (mascot), the mascot for Partick Thistle F.C. *The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award *Perrey and Kingsley, pioneers in electronic music *Kingsley Royal, mascot for Reading F.C. *Kingsley Field, airport located in Southern Oregon *''Kingsley's Adventure ''Kingsley's Adventure'' is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Psygnosis exclusively for the PlayStation. Gameplay ''Kingsley's ...
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