William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician, the 27th President of the United States, and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. He was the only person in history to have led both the Executive and Judicial branches of the United States government, and the last President to hold public office after his term ended. A Republican, Taft served as Secretary of War, federal judge for the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and Governor-General of the Philippines before being nominated for president in the 1908 Republican National Convention with the backing of his predecessor and close friend Theodore Roosevelt.

Trivia

• Taft was overweight, to the point that he became stuck in the bathtub in the White House several times, prompting the installation of a new bathtub capable of holding all of the men who installed it. At 6 feet, and weighing over 350 pounds (159 kg) , Taft was the largest and heaviest President. There is some evidence that his mother started calling him "my pudgy-wudgy boy" before his fifth birthday. This may have led to his disdain for the word "pudgy." In fact, it was said that an aide blacked out "pudgy" from his morning newspaper.
• In Manila, Philippines, an avenue was named after him, Taft Avenue. It is one of the busiest streets in the city and one of 2 majors streets that the Light Rail Transit (LRT) passes through.
• In the 1920 U.S. Federal Population Census, William H. Taft was listed as a university professor living in New Haven, Connecticut.