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== change "cenotaph" to "headstone" in photo caption ==

A cenotaph is a memorial to a dead person who lies elsewhere. The photo shows a headstone, as one can deduce from the inscription and the mention of the wife. [[Special:Contributions/69.121.6.97|69.121.6.97]] ([[User talk:69.121.6.97|talk]]) 16:39, 17 December 2009 (UTC)captcrisis

== Reason for Resignation or Retirement from the Supreme Court? ==

In the table on the [[List_of_Justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States]] Taft is listed as having '''[[List_of_Justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States#cite_note-13|resigned]]''' from the as compared to "retired." Also, the footnote alludes to some disagreement over whether he resigned or retired. I think it would be interesting to cover this in more detail in this article about him. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:JimD|JimD]] ([[User talk:JimD|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/JimD|contribs]]) 08:26, 6 August 2010 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

== Relevance? ==

Is his physical stature really relevant enough to have in the introductory portion of the article? Wouldn't it better be under a subcategory? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/71.232.72.153|71.232.72.153]] ([[User talk:71.232.72.153|talk]]) 10:37, 20 October 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== [[Carl Panzram]] story ==

I can find no source earlier than 1970 for the story of Carl Panzram burglarizing Taft's home. This causes me to question the veracity of this account. Cheers! [[User:BD2412|<font style="background:tan">'''''bd2412'''''</font>]] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 22:43, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

== Utah's Sen. Thomas Kearns and relationship with Roosevelt & Taft ==

U.S. Senator Thomas Kearns (1901 - 1905 Utah), mining magnate, newspaper owner, and railroad builder was the first gentile U.S. Senator from Utah. He enjoyed a close relationship with Presidents McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft. In 1903 Roosevelt made a special trip to Utah and made a point of a special lunch at the Kearns mansion (now the Utah's Governor's mansion) Kearns later broke with the Republican Party in Utah and formed the "American Party" which is thought to be the inspiration for Roosevelt's "Progressive Party." This is especially relevant in that it split the Republican vote and Woodrow Wilson, a democrat, won the election. Roosevelt and Taft remained friends with Thomas Kearns until his death in 1918. A new book is being published with companion DVD by Coventry-LDS press in the next month, with never before scene photographs and letters between Kearns and the two presidents. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/67.182.201.141|67.182.201.141]] ([[User talk:67.182.201.141|talk]]) 04:48, 11 August 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== President Taft's pony brigade ==

In Taft's later years, he devoted his life to developing a brigade of ponies capable of killing the British. Why is this not mentioned in the article??? <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Chemtype|Chemtype]] ([[User talk:Chemtype|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Chemtype|contribs]]) 20:34, 11 August 2011 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Year of appointment to Court of Appeals ==

Article gives year of appointment to Court of Appeals as 1891. This is unlikely as Wikipedia says he served as Solicitor General [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_the_United_States until 1892].


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His denomination's biography says he was appointed to the court [http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/williamhowardtaft.html in 1893].

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