William Howard Taft was the President of the United States at the start of 1913 until March 4 when he was replaced by Thomas Woodrow Wilson.William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States from 1909 March 4 to 1913 March 4.illiam (Bill) Jefferson Clinton was the President of the United States in 1996. Bill Clinton (born August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas) served as the forty-second President o … f the United States, serving between January 20, 1993 and January 20, 2001, including the whole of 1996.