List of Famous people with last name Taft

Jenny Taft

First Name Jenny
Last Name Taft
Born on September 5, 1987 (age 37)

Jenny Taft is an American sports television personality, serving as the moderator on Fox Sports 1's Skip and Shannon: Undisputed. Taft additionally works as a lead college football sideline reporter on Fox Sports 1 (FS1) broadcasts. Her broadcasting career began with the Fox Sports North (FSN) regional affiliate. Taft is also a pit reporter for BattleBots on the Discovery channel.

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William Howard Taft

First Name William
Last Name Taft
Born on September 15, 1857
Died on March 8, 1930 (aged 72)

William Howard Taft 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 by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 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.

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Hessy Levinsons Taft

First Name Hessy
Born on May 17, 1934 (age 90)
Born in Germany

Hessy Levinsons Taft, a German Jew, was featured as an infant in Nazi propaganda after her photo won a contest to find "the most beautiful Aryan baby" in 1935. Taft's image was subsequently distributed widely by the Nazi party in a variety of materials, such as magazines and postcards, to promote Aryanism.

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Jerry Taft

First Name Jerry
Born on March 14, 1943
Died on July 23, 2020 (aged 77)

Jerry Taft was an American meteorologist and weather presenter who served as chief meteorologist for WLS-TV in Chicago. He worked for 34 years with WLS, and for 42 years as a broadcast meteorologist in the Chicago media market.

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Alphonso Taft

First Name Alphonso
Born on November 5, 1810
Died on May 21, 1891 (aged 80)

Alphonso Taft was an American jurist, diplomat, politician, Attorney General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant. He was also the founder of the Taft political dynasty, and father of President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft.

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Louise Taft

First Name Louise
Last Name Taft
Born on September 11, 1827
Died on December 8, 1907 (aged 80)

Louisa Maria "Louise" Torrey was the second wife of Alphonso Taft, and the mother of U.S. President William Howard Taft.

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Robert Alphonso Taft

First Name Robert
Last Name Taft
Born on September 8, 1889
Died on July 31, 1953 (aged 63)

Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. was an American conservative politician, lawyer, and scion of the Republican Party's Taft family. Taft represented Ohio in the United States Senate, briefly served as Senate Majority Leader, and was a leader of the conservative coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats who prevented expansion of the New Deal. Often referred to as "Mr. Republican", he cosponsored the Taft–Hartley Act of 1947, which banned closed shops and other labor practices.

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Charles Phelps Taft

First Name Charles
Last Name Taft
Died on December 31, 1929

Charles Phelps Taft was an American lawyer and politician who served as editor of the Cincinnati Times-Star and owned both the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs baseball teams.

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Helen Herron Taft

First Name Helen
Last Name Taft
Born on June 2, 1861
Died on May 22, 1943 (aged 81)

Helen Louise Taft was the wife of William Howard Taft and the First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913.

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Henry Waters Taft

First Name Henry
Last Name Taft
Died on August 11, 1945

Henry Waters Taft was an American lawyer and author. He was the son of Alphonso and brother of President William Howard Taft. A renowned antitrust lawyer, he was a name partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.

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