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One Man, Two Chief Roles
William Howard Taft is the only person to serve as both U.S. president and Supreme Court Chief Justice during his career. The ...
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TAFT NAMED FOR CABINET.; Governor of Philippines as Secretary of War -- Other Nominations.
The President to-day sent to the Senate the nomination of William H. Taft of Ohio to be Secretary of War, Luke E. Wright of Tennessee to be Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, and Henry C.
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The Spanish-American War in the Philippines and the Battle for Manila
America's "splendid little war" with Spain may have been ... Another was that, in June 1900 the Philippine Commission, headed by William Howard Taft, arrived with instructions from president ...
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CIVIL GOVERNOR TAFT SAILS.; Former Head of Philippine Commission Leaves Manila for United States -- Progress of Insurrection.
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