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 result is a generation-by-generation breakdown and discussion of the life and work of each member of the Taft family, from the paterfamilias Alphonso Taft, who served in the Grant ...

KANSAS CITY, MO — If Chairman Mao were actually a monkey with prison tattoos, and if Alphonso Taft didn't have that bump on the left side of his forehead, artists Katie Parker and Guy Michael ...

All seemed set for a huge GOP win in the 1948 presidential election. A leading candidate for the nomination that year was Robert Alphonso Taft, the eldest son of former President William Howard Taft.

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.

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 ...

Whenever Robert Alphonso Taft, 50, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has run for office, the electorate has done two things: 1) scoff at him, 2) vote for him. Mr. Taft is no charmer, but he gets elected.

On this edition of SHOWCASE ‘Famous Families’: Former Ohio Governor Bob Taft sits down with Barbara to discuss the history of the Taft family in Ohio. From Alphonso Taft, to former president ...

All seemed set for a huge GOP win in the 1948 presidential election. A leading candidate for the nomination that year was Robert Alphonso Taft, the eldest son of former President William Howard Taft.