Biographical Facts Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, September 15, 1857 Ancestry: English and Scotch-Irish Father: Alphonso Taft Birth: Townshend, Vermont, November 5, 1810 Death: San Diego, California, May 21, 1891 Occupations: Lawyer; Secretary of War; Attorney General; Diplomat Mother: Louise Maria Torrey Taft Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, September 11, 1827 Death: Cincinnati, Ohio, December 7, 1907 Brothers: Samuel Davenport Taft (1855-1856); Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945); Horace Dutton Taft (1861-1943) Sister: Frances Louise Taft (1865-1950) Marriage: Cincinnati, Ohio, June 19, 1886 Wife: Helen "Nellie" Herron Taft Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, 1861 Death: Washington, D.C., 1943 Children: Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953); Helen Taft (1891-1987); Charles Phelps Taft, II (1897-1983) Religious Affiliation: Unitarian Education: Woodward High School, Yale University (B.A., 1878); Cincinnati Law School (1880) Occupations Before Presidency: Lawyer; Judge Prepresidential Offices: Assistant prosecuting attorney, Hamilton County, Ohio; Ohio Superior Court judge; United States solicitor general; Federal Circuit Court Judge ; Civil governor of Philippines; Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Secretary of War Inauguration Age: 51 Occupations After Presidency: Kent Professor of Constitutional Law, Yale University; Joint Chairman of National War Labor Board ; Chief Justice of the United States Death: Washington, D.C., March 8, 1930 Place of Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
| 
