|
Significant Acts
|
Enforced the Sherman Antitrust Act, overseeing the filing of 67 antitrust suits.
|
|
Increased the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1910 by placing communications companies under its control.
|
|
Signed the Publicity Act in 1910 requiring political parties to disclose the amount and sources of federal election campaign funds.
|
|
Divided the Department of Commerce and Labor into two departments in 1913.
|
|
Encouraged 'dollar diplomacy,' persuading U.S. businesses to invest abroad in order to expand the U.S. presence worldwide.
|
|
Career
|
1890-1892 Served as U.S.solicitor general.
|
|
1892-1900 Served as U.S. federal circuit court judge.
|
|
1901 Served as governor general of the Philippines.
|
|
1904-1908 Served as secretary of war under William McKinley.
|
|
1909-1913 President of the United States.
|
|
1921-1931 Served as chief justice of the Supreme Court.
|
|
Did You Know
|
Taft weighed more than 300 pounds and had a special oversize bathtub installed in the White House.
|
|
Taft was the first president to throw the opening pitch for a baseball season.
|
|
After his presidency Taft became chief justice of the Supreme Court, his lifelong ambition.
|
Hotmail
Messenger
My MSN
MSN Directory
