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William Taft National Historic Site Archived April 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
Speeches
Text of a number of Taft speeches Archived January 30, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Miller Center of Public Affairs
Audio clips of Taft's speeches, Michigan State University Libraries
William Taft Edison Recordings Campaign - 1912, audio recording
Media coverage
William Howard Taft collected news and commentary at The New York Times
Other
William Howard Taft: A Resource Guide Archived March 7, 2021, at the Wayback Machine from the Library of Congress
Extensive essay on William Howard Taft and shorter essays on each member of his cabinet and the First Lady – Miller Center of Public Affairs
"Life Portrait of William Howard Taft" Archived December 25, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, from C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits, September 6, 1999
"Growing into Public Service: William Howard Taft's Boyhood Home", a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan Archived April 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
Works by William Howard Taft at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about William Howard Taft at Internet Archive
Works by William Howard Taft at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
William Howard Taft at IMDb

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10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930)
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Income Tax amendment
Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act
Weeks Act
Wireless Ship Act of 1910
North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911
Mann–Elkins Act
Radio Act of 1912
Defense Secrets Act of 1911
Pinchot–Ballinger controversy
Commission on Economy and Efficiency
U.S. occupation of Nicaragua
United States Chamber of Commerce
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State of the Union Address 1912
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Judiciary Act of 1925
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Seth Taft (grandson)
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Louise Taft (mother)
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Henry Waters Taft (brother)
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Preceded byJudson Harmon

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Preceded byJacob Gould Schurmanas Chairman of the Schurman Commission

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Succeeded byHimselfas Chair of the Philippine Commission

Preceded byArthur MacArthur Jr.

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Succeeded byLuke Edward Wright

Preceded byHimselfas Chairman of the Taft Commission

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Preceded byElihu Root

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Preceded byHiram Wesley Evans

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Succeeded byJames Stillman Rockefeller

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