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.

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 ...

Taft was born Sept. 15, 1857, in the Greek revival house on Auburn Avenue in Mount Auburn, now a national historic site and museum. His father, Alphonso Taft, was the attorney general and ...

According to Glasscock, both former President William Howard Taft and his brother, Taft Museum founder Charles Phelps Taft, two historic names in Cincinnati history, were also high-ranking Freemasons.

Having spelled out the problem, Taft said we can solve it if we take responsibility for our world and again embrace good core values. Taft referred to his grandfather, Robert Alphonso Taft.

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.

To that point, Taft had a long, distinguished career in public service. The son of former U.S. Attorney General Alfonso Taft, the affable Taft was on a fast track to the Supreme Court at a young ...