From Alphonso Taft, to former president William Howard Taft, to the present day—tune in to catch the story of one of Ohio’s most influential families. Aired 07/08/2022.

With a benign smile on his face and ready answers on his lips, Robert Alphonso Taft plodded through the Northwest last week, seeking the votes of delegates and the good will of men. Working 18-hour ...

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.

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 ...

Taft was sworn in as chief justice 100 years ago on July 11, 1921. ... His father, Alphonso Taft, was the attorney general and secretary of war under President Ulysses S. Grant.

Taft’s father, Alphonso, a prominent attorney who established the new Republican Party in Cincinnati, bought the brick, two-story Greek-revival house in 1851, six years before William was born.