Our 27th President, William Howard Taft, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1857. Taft is the only person who was both a President and Chief Justice in his lifetime. His presidency ran from 1909 to 1913 and he served as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1921 to 1930. He spent his complete life in service to his country. The main thing that we had completely forgot about was that President Roosevelt was the person who pushed Taft into office and then the two had a great political falling out which actually split the Republican vote and insured victory for the Democratic rival Woodrow Wilson. Roosevelt headed the ticket for the Bull Moose "Progressive" Party and ran against Taft and Wilson. As always, in visiting a site honoring one of our Presidents, it does bring back much of history to our minds. We drove around Cincinnati and then drove across the Ohio River and enjoyed a picnic along the Kentucky side of the Ohio River overlooking Cincinnati. The baseball stadium, as in San Francisco, is right on the waterfront.
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