![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With Roosevelt's help, Taft had little opposition for the Republican nomination for president in 1908. He declined repeated offers of appointment to the Supreme Court, being convinced that his political work to be more important at the time. What Taft really wanted was to become chief justice. In 1904, Theodore Roosevelt appointed him as Secretary of War, and he became Roosevelt's choice to succeed him as president. In 1901, President William McKinley appointed Taft as civilian governor of the Philippines. He was appointed Solicitor General and as a judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, both by President Benjamin Harrison. His legal career continued its rocket to stardom. After becoming a lawyer, he was appointed a judge while still in his twenties. William Howard Taft attended Yale and, like his father, was a member of the Skull and Bones society. Attorney General and as Secretary of War, both for President Ulysses Grant. His father, Alphonso Taft, had served as U.S. Taft's combined legacy as President and Chief Justice makes him unique in American history. ![]() In 1912 the two former friends clashed first over the Republican Party's nomination for President and then they both ran for President. But there was a fundamental flaw in their friendship: Roosevelt was a progressive and Taft was a conservative. He was once Theodore Roosevelt's good friend, and was also Roosevelt's hand picked successor. He wanted to be Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. William Howard Taft, it is said, never wanted to be President of the United States. ![]()
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