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    Helen Louise "Nellie" Taft (née Herron; June 2, 1861 – May 22, 1943) was the First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913 as the wife of President...
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    Helen Herron Taft Manning (August 1, 1891 – February 21, 1987) was an American professor of history and college dean. She was the middle child and only...
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    chosen successor, William Howard Taft, and there was a mutual animosity between Edith and Taft's wife Helen Herron Taft. Edith's oversight of the 1902 White...
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  • of William Howard Taft to Helen Herron Taft, 1909-1912. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. The papers of William Howard Taft. Library of Congress...
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    Phelps Taft II was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the youngest of three children born to President William Howard Taft and First Lady Helen Herron Taft. His...
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    William Jennings Bryan to ultra-conservative First Lady Helen Herron Taft. Her friendship with the Tafts was long-standing, despite their differing opinions...
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    form, on April 5 she wrote a letter to First Lady Helen Herron Taft, wife of newly elected President Taft, informing her of her plans. Two days later, the...
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    Roosevelt was initially reluctant. He sent the Secretary of War William H. Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon to hold discussions in search...
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  • Western Australia and 9th Governor of Tasmania (d. 1940) June 2 – Helen Herron Taft, First Lady of the United States (d. 1943) June 19 – José Rizal, Filipino...
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  • William Howard Taft High School is a former New York City high school in the southwest section of the Bronx, whose building now houses small specialized...
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  • Seth and Franny Taft had three sons: Frederick I. Taft, Thomas P. Taft, and Seth T. Taft, and a daughter, Cynthia Taft. Seth Taft served as Cuyahoga...
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    Alphonso Taft Sr. and the former Martha Wheaton Bowers. Robert Jr.'s paternal grandparents were President William Howard Taft and First Lady Helen Louise...
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    reportedly after eating too many oats. Taft and his wife, Helen Herron Taft, had growing children, and Taft was a notoriously large eater; accordingly...
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  • wireless companies, and created a commerce court. President William Howard Taft was concerned about controlling unfair trade practices and competition in...
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    dispute. Taft ruled that the union's action amounted to a secondary boycott, which was illegal. It is not clear when Taft met Helen Herron (often called...
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    President Herbert Hoover, First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, former First Lady Helen Herron Taft, and other government officials. Before the John F. Kennedy Center...
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  • activist Helen Herron Taft (maiden name: Herron), First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913 John Herron (Pittsburgh) John S. Herron, Mayor of...
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    Williamson Herron, a lawyer, and Harriet Anne Collins Herron. Her older sister, Helen Herron Taft, was the wife of President William Howard Taft and first...
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    time in inauguration history, the incoming First Lady (in this case Helen Herron Taft) joined her husband in leading the parade from the Capitol to the...
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  • Big Lub, his boyhood nickname. Sleeping Beauty, a nickname his wife Helen Herron Taft called him because he was always falling asleep Coiner of Weasel Words...
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    displays that can be visited at the museums. In 1912, First Lady Helen Herron Taft donated her inauguration gown to the museum to begin the First Ladies'...
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    with prominent attendees including President William Howard Taft, First Lady Helen Herron Taft, Navy Secretary George von Lengerke Meyer, and Horace Porter...
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    future First Ladies including Lucretia Garfield, Ida McKinley, and Helen Herron Taft. When portraits of past presidents were commissioned for the White...
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    was a grandson of President William Howard Taft and First Lady Helen Louise "Nellie" Taft. William Howard Taft III was born on August 7, 1915, and was the...
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    Florence Harding. First Lady Helen Herron Taft (also representing her husband former president and Chief Justice William Howard Taft who was too ill to attend...
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    III (1915–1991) Robert A. Taft (1917–1993) Lloyd Bowers Taft (1923–1985) Horace Dwight Taft (1925–1983) Helen Herron Taft Nickname: Helene August 1,...
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    Limitation of Armament, in Washington, D. C. Egan helped First Lady Helen Herron Taft to write her memoirs. She also published The War in the Cradle of...
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  • president. April 30 - Taft has the city of La Bova renanmed to Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone. May 17 - First Lady Helen Herron Taft suffers a stroke that...
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    outlining her new plan to the new First Lady, Helen Herron Taft—the wife of President William Howard Taft— who had once lived in Japan and was familiar...
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    during the duration of the Roosevelt Administration, also served Helen Herron Taft, and was the first appointee of President Woodrow Wilson, serving...
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