What is William Howard Taft?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = William Howard Taft | image = Anders Zorn - Portrait of William Howard Taft (1911).jpg | order = 27th [[President of the United States]] | term_start = March 4, 1909 | term_end = March 4, 1913 | vicepresident = [[James S. Sherman]] | predecessor = [[Theodore Roosevelt]] | successor = [[Woodrow Wilson]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1857|9|15}} | birth_place = [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1930|3|8|1857|9|15}} | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | spouse = [[Helen Herron Taft]] | party = [[History of the United States Republican Party|Republican]] | order2 = 10th [[Chief Justice of the United States]] | term_start2 = July 11, 1921 | term_end2 = February 3, 1930 | predecessor2 = [[Edward Douglass White]] | successor2 = [[Charles Evans Hughes]] | caption = Portrait c. 1909 | module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=William Howard Taft speaks on the abolition of war.ogg|title=William Howard Taft's voice|type=speech<br />Recorded October 1, 1912}} }} '''William Howard Taft''' (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913. He was the only president who also served as a [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] [[Chief Justice of the United States|chief justice]]. He was {{convert|5|ft|11|in}} tall and weighed over {{convert|350|lb}} at the end of his presidency. A well-known myth about Taft is that he got stuck in a bathtub. ==Birth & Early Life== Taft was born on September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alphonso Taft and Louise Torrey. His father, Alphonso, was a pretty notable person who served as the Secretary of War and Attorney General for [[Ulysses Grant]]. Despite this, the Tafts were not that rich, living in a small suburb. While t