US History - William H. Taft

The 27th President of the U.S. was William Howard Taft, who was the only U.S. President in history who also became a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was born into the wealthy Taft family. He graduated from Yale in 1878 and from Cincinnati Law School in 1880. He was elected as President in 1908. He was born on September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio and died on March 08, 1930.