JUDICIARY: Hughes For Taft

Resigned. William Howard Taft, Chief Justice of the U. S., Cincinnati-born (1857), Yale-educated (1878), lawyer, Ohio Superior Court Judge (1887-90), Solicitor General of the U. S. (1890-92), U. S. Circuit Judge (1892-1900), first Civil Governor of the Philippines (1901-04). Roosevelt's Secretary of War (1904-08), 27th President of the U. S. (1909-13), defeated Republican nominee for President (1912), Kent professor of law at Yale (1913-21). Chief Justice (1921-30). His judicial tendency: toward a cheerful conservatism, trying to keep-up-with-the times without violating tradition. Outstanding decisions:...

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