What is Robert A. Taft?
{{Infobox officeholder |birth_name=Robert Alphonso Taft | nationality=American | image=Robert a taft.jpg |office = [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Majority Leader]] |deputy = [[Leverett Saltonstall]] |term_start = January 3, 1953 |term_end = July 31, 1953 |predecessor = [[Ernest McFarland]] |successor = [[William F. Knowland]] |office1 = Chair of the [[Senate Republican Policy Committee]] |leader1 = [[Wallace H. White Jr.]]<br>[[Kenneth S. Wherry]]<br>[[Styles Bridges]] |term_start1 = March 1944 |term_end1 = January 3, 1953 |predecessor1 = Position established |successor1 = [[William F. Knowland]] |jr/sr2 = United States Senator |state2 = [[Ohio]] |term_start2 = January 3, 1939 |term_end2 = July 31, 1953 |predecessor2 = [[Robert J. Bulkley]] |successor2 = [[Thomas A. Burke]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1889|9|8}} |birth_place = [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1953|7|31|1889|9|8}} |death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = {{marriage|Martha Wheaton Bowers|()=small|October 14, 1914|July 31, 1953|end=his death}} |children = 4, including [[William Howard Taft III|William]], [[Robert Taft Jr.|Robert]] |parents = [[William Howard Taft]] {{small|(Father)}}<br>[[Helen Herron Taft|Nellie Herron]] {{small|(Mother)}} |relatives = ''See [[Taft family]]'' |education = [[Yale University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[Harvard University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}} |signature = Robert A Taft Signature.svg }} '''Robert Alphonso Taft''' (September 8, 1889 &ndash; July 31, 1953) was an [[United States|American]] politician for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He was the son of President [[William Howard Taft]]. He served as the Senator of [[Ohio]] from January 3, 1939 until his death in July 31, 1953. Taft was also the Senate Majority Leader from Ja