“New Nationalism” and
Philippines and
presidency of
pure democracy and
Spanish-American War and
speeches of
stewardship vision of presidency and
Taft offered Supreme Court appointment by
Taft’s friendship and
Taft’s inauguration and
Taft’s rift with
tariffs and
Root, Elihu
rule of law
rule of reason
Russia
San Francisco Call
Scalia, Antonin
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.
secondary boycotts
separation of church and state
separation of powers
Sherman, James
Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)
slavery
Socialist Party
Spanish-American War
Stafford v. Wallace
Standard Oil case
State Department
states
judiciaries of
legislatures of
taxation and
steel pipe monopoly
Steel Trust
Stimson, Henry
stock market
Stone, Harlan Fiske
Success Magazine
Sugar Trust
Sullivan, Mark
Sutherland, George
Taft, Alphonso (father)
Taft, Charles Phelps, II (son)
Taft, Charles Phelps (brother)
Taft, Fanny Phelps (father’s first wife)
Taft, Fanny (sister)
Taft, Helen (daughter). See Manning, Helen Taft
Taft, Helen Herron “Nellie” (wife)
elections and
marries Taft
Philippines and
redecorates White House
Roosevelt and
stroke and
Taft’s early career and
Taft, Henry (brother)
Taft, Horace (brother)
Taft, Louisa Maria Torrey (mother)
Taft, Peter Rawson, II (brother)
Taft, Robert Alphonso (son)
Taft, William Howard
Addyston decision and
antitrust and
baseball and
biographies of
cabinet and
as chief justice
childhood and early life of
Congress and
conservation and
constitutionalism and
Cuba and
death of
death of father and
early career of
elections of 1908 and
elections of 1910 and
elections of 1912 and
executive orders and
father’s influence on
federal budget and
as federal circuit judge
foreign emoluments and
foreign policy
health problems of
immigration and
inauguration of
judicial philosophy and
judicial reform and
labor and
loyalty demanded by
marriage to Helen “Nellie” Herron
Mexico and
Moores case and
on Ohio Superior Court
Oval Office design and
personality of
as Philippines governor-general
Pinchot-Ballinger affair and
Pollock case and
portrait and bust of
postpresidency of
presidential legacy of
racial prejudice and
religion and
Roosevelt’s friendship and
Roosevelt’s rift with
as secretary of war
as solicitor general
speeches of
speeches of, addresses to Congress
speeches of, inaugural address
Summer Capital of, in Beverly
Supreme Court ambitions of
Supreme Court appointments by
Supreme Court building and
tariffs and
tax reform and
teaches at Yale
Thomas decision and
truth-telling gaffes and
on U.S. Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit
veto and
weight and dieting of
wife Nellie’s ambitions for
wife Nellie’s stroke and
Wilson inauguration and
work schedule of
writes Liberty Under Law
writes Our Chief Magistrate and His Powers
Taft-Hartley Act (1947)
Tarbell, Ida
tariffs
Tawney, James A.
taxes
corporate
direct
excise
import
income
income tax amendment
inheritance
land
telegraph and telephone
Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company
Thirteenth Amendment
Thomas v. Cincinnati, N.O. & T.P. Railway Co.
Tidal Basin cherry trees
Tobacco Trust
Treasury Department
Trollope, Anthony
Truman, Harry
trusts and monopolies. See also antitrust
Unitarian Church
unitary executive
U.S. Congress
antitrust and
arbitration treaties and
conservation and
foreign policy and
free trade and
income tax and
judicial reforms and
Mexico and
Philippines and
Pinchot-Ballinger affair and
polarization of
powers of
presidential powers and
regulation and
Supreme Court and
Taft’s addresses to
tariffs and
U.S. Constitution. See also Bill of Rights; and specific amendments and clauses
Article II
Philippines and
presidential powers and
Puerto Rico and
Roosevelt’s stewardship theory and
Taft’s vision of
taxes and tariffs and
U.S. Court of Commerce, proposed
U.S. Courts of Appeals
D.C. Circuit
Sixth Circuit
U.S. House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
Judiciary Committee
Ways and Means Committee
U.S. military
U.S. Senate
direct election and
Foreign Relations Committee
Judiciary Committee
U.S. Steel
U.S. Supreme Court
antitrust and
judicial reform and
new building and
Roosevelt and
taxes and
Taft as chief justice and
Taft as solicitor general and
Taft’s desire to serve on
Taft turns down appointment to
Taft vs. Roosevelt on
United States v. Addyston Pipe & Steel Co.
United States v. E.C. Knight Co.
Vanderbilt, Cornelius
Van Devanter, Willis
Victor Talking Machine Company
Volstead Act (1919)
Wall Street Journal
War Department
warrantless wiretapping
Warren, Earl
Washington, George
Washington Nationals
Washington Post
Washington State
water reserves
Watson, James
Webb-Kenyon Act (1913)
Whig Party
Whiskey Rebellion
White, Edward Douglass
“Whitewashing of Ballinger, The” (Glavis)
“Who Are the People?” (Taft)
Wickersham, George
Wilentz, Sean
Williams, George Washington
Wilson, James
Wilson, Woodrow
elections of 1912 and
“Wisdom and Necessity of Following the Law” (Taft)
women suffrage
world court
World Trade Organization
World War I
Yale Daily News
Yale University
“yellow dog” contracts
Yorke-Davies, Nathaniel Edward
Young, Tom
ALSO BY JEFFREY ROSEN
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JEFFREY ROSEN is the author of five books, most recently Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet. He is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, a law professor at George Washington University, and a contributing editor for The Atlantic. He was previously the legal affairs editor of The New Republic and a staff writer for The New Yorker. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
The American Presidents Series
W. H. Taft Portrait
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Editor’s Note
Introduction: Judicial President and Presidential Chief Justice
1 “A Judicial Temperament”: The Education of Judge Taft
2 “We Want Taft”: Civil Governor, Secretary of War, and President-Elect
3 “The Best Tariff Bill”: The President, Tax Reform, and Free Trade
4 “Within the Law”: The Environment, Monopolies, and Foreign Affairs
5 “Popular Unrest”: The Election of 1912 and the Battle for the Constitution
6 “I Love Judges and I Love Courts”: Chief Justice at Last
Epilogue: Our Constitutional President
Notes
Milestones
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
Also by Jeffrey Rosen
About the Author
Copyright
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. Copyright © 2018 by Jeffrey Rosen. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Cover design by Raquel Jaramillo
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Rosen, Jeffrey, 1964–author.
Title: William Howard Taft: the 27th president, 1909–1913 / Jeffrey Rosen.
Description: First edition. | New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2018. | Series: The American presidents series | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017048466 | ISBN 9780805069549 (hardcover: alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857–1930. | Presidents—United States—Biography. | United States—Politics and government—1909–1913.
Classification: LCC E762 .R58 2018 | DDC 973.912092 [B]—dc23
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