Alphonso Taft, patriarch of the dynasty. William Howard Taft’s father, Alphonso Taft, also rose from Cincinnati politics to achieve a high national position.

The day began at seven. Senator Robert Alphonso Taft got up and faced the day. At breakfast he ate one egg, as usual. Then he picked up his large briefcase, climbed into his car and drove through ...

Signatures of Alphonso Taft, brewer Christian Moerlein, Ohio Gov. Joseph B. Foraker and John Desmond, a lawyer and captain in the National Guard who died defending the courthouse during the riots.

One such family is the Tafts, five generations of a staunchly Republican Ohio family most famous for President William Howard Taft and Senate Republican leader Robert Alphonso Taft, who gave their ...

All seemed set for a huge GOP win in the 1948 presidential election. A leading candidate for the nomination that year was ...

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At Taft’s next appearances, hecklers chanted “Eat less, eat less.” Democrats ridiculed him as “Eat Less Taft.” The following year, Republicans rejected Taft as their nominee in favor of ...