William Howard Taft
| William Howard Taft | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Title: | Former Chief Justice |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Warren Harding |
| Active: | 6/30/1921 - 2/3/1930 |
| Preceded by: | Edward Douglass White |
| Succeeded by: | Charles Evans Hughes |
| Past post: | Sixth Circuit |
| Past term: | 3/17/1892 - 3/15/1900 |
| Past position: | Seat #2 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | September 15, 1857 |
| Home State: | Cincinnati, OH |
| Deceased: | March 8, 1930 |
| Undergraduate: | Yale College, B.A, 1878 |
| Law School: | U. of Cincinnati Law, LL.B., 1880 |
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Taft holds a number of records for the federal judiciary. He is the only Supreme Court justice to also serve as president and thus the only justice to appoint another justice. He was also the youngest judge appointed to a federal court of appeals at the time of his appointment. He was 34 when he was commissioned for the Sixth Circuit. [2]
Early life and education
- Yale College, B.A, 1878
- University of Cincinnati College of Law, LL.B., 1880 [1]
Professional career
- Assistant prosecuting attorney, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1881-1883
- Collector of internal revenue, City of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1882
- Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1883-1887
- Assistant county Solicitor, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1885-1887
- Judge, Superior Court of Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1887-1890
- Solicitor General of the United States, 1890-1892
- Professor and dean, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1896-1900
- President, U.S. Philippine Commission, 1900-1901
- Civil Governor, Philippine Islands, 1901-1904
- U.S. Secretary of War, 1904-1908
- President of the United States, 1909-1913
- Kent professor of law, Yale University, 1913-1921 [1]
Judicial career
Supreme Court
Taft served as the Supreme Court's tenth Chief Justice from 1921-1930.
He was nominated by President Warren Harding on June 30, 1921. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 1921, and received commission that same day. He resigned on February 3, 1930.[1] He was succeeded to this post by Charles Evans Hughes.
Sixth Circuit
Taft served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was nominated by President Benjamin Harrison on December 16, 1891. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 17, 1892, and received commission that same day. He resigned on March 15, 1900.[1] Taft was the youngest judge appointed to a federal court of appeals at the time of his appointment. He was 34 when he was commissioned for the Sixth Circuit. [3] He was succeeded to this post by Henry Franklin Severens.
See also
External links
- Biography from The White House website.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Justice Taft's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ Milestones of Judicial Service from the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ Milestones of Judicial Service from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Sixth Circuit 1892–1900 |
Succeeded by: Henry Franklin Severens |
| Preceded by: Edward Douglass White |
Supreme Court 1921–1930 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Charles Evans Hughes |
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| 1889 | |||
| 1890 |
Brown • Bryant • Caldwell • Edgerton • Green • Ham • Hanford • Hawley • Jewell • Knowles • Ricks • Riner • Sharpe • Sharretts • Shurtleff • Somerville • Stackpole • Swayne • Thomas • Tichenor • Wilkinson • Williams | ||
| 1891 |
Acheson • Aldrich • Lunt • Putnam • Reed • Swan | ||
| 1892 |
Baker • Beatty • Buffington • Dallas • Gilbert • Goff • Grosscup • McCormick • McKenna • Morrow • Niles • Peelle • Rector • Sanborn • Shipman • Shiras • Taft • Townsend • Woolson • Woods | ||
| 1893 | |||
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 |
Morris • Peters • Baker • Groner • Hoehling • Kennedy • Lewis • Luse • Mayer • McClintic • Miller • Morris • Peters • Ross • Taft • Waddill | ||
| 1922 |
Atwell • Barrett • Brewster • Butler • Campbell • Cliffe • Gibson • Goddard • Kenyon • Lindley • Lowell • Rose • Runyon • Schoonmaker • Scott • Sutherland • Symes • Wilkerson • Winslow | ||
| 1923 |
Bland • Bondy • Cant • Gore • Hatfield • Hickenlooper • Hicks • Inch • Jacobs • James • Jones • McGee • McKeehan • Patridge • Phillips • Reeves • Rudkin • Sanford • Simons • Soper • Webster | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Alice Batchelder • Helene White • Raymond Kethledge • Bernice Donald • Boyce Martin • Eric Clay • David McKeague • Deborah Cook • Julia Gibbons • John M. Rogers • Jeffrey Sutton • Danny Boggs • Richard Griffin • Karen Moore • Guy Cole • Jane Stranch | ||
| Senior judges |
Damon Keith • Gilbert Merritt • Cornelia Kennedy • Ralph Guy • James Ryan • Alan Norris • Richard Suhrheinrich • Martha Daughtrey • Ronald Gilman • Harry Wellford • Eugene Siler • | ||
| Former judges | Julian William Mack • Robert Krupansky • Leroy Contie • Herbert Milburn • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • Halmer Hull Emmons • John Baxter • William Miller • Howell Edmunds Jackson • William Howard Taft • Horace Harmon Lurton • Henry Franklin Severens • William Rufus Day • Loyal Edwin Knappen • John Kelvey Richards • Arthur Carter Denison • John Wesley Warrington • Maurice Donahue • John Weld Peck • Smith Hickenlooper • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Charles Harwood Moorman • Florence Ellinwood Allen • Elwood Hamilton • John Donelson Martin • Herschel Arant • Shackelford Miller • Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. • Henry Brooks • Clifford O'Sullivan • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • John Peck II • Bailey Brown • Anthony Celebrezze • Bertram Combs • George Edwards • Thomas McAllister • Nathaniel Jones • Susan Neilson • Harry Phillips • David Aldrich Nelson • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Gilbert Merritt • Boyce Martin • Danny Boggs • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Florence Ellinwood Allen • John Donelson Martin • Shackelford Miller • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • George Edwards • Thomas McAllister • Harry Phillips • | ||
