<P> William Howard Taft ( September 15 , 1857 -- March 8 , 1930 ) was the 27th President of the United States ( 1909 -- 1913 ) and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States ( 1921 -- 1930 ) , the only person to have held both offices . Taft was elected president in 1908 , the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt , but was defeated for re-election by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third - party candidate . In 1921 , President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice , a position in which he served until a month before his death . </P>
<P> William Howard Taft ( September 15 , 1857 -- March 8 , 1930 ) was the 27th President of the United States ( 1909 -- 1913 ) and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States ( 1921 -- 1930 ) , the only person to have held both offices . Taft was elected president in 1908 , the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt , but was defeated for re-election by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third - party candidate . In 1921 , President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice , a position in which he served until a month before his death . </P>
who became chief justice of the supreme court after serving as president
who became chief justice of the supreme court after serving as president
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft