This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... (c) Underwood & Underwood William Howard Taft-- Whose Head Was Not Turned By His Father's Success ILLIAM HOWARD TAFT was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 15, 1857. His father was a very wealthy and prominent man. Though the boy had every advantage that money and position could give him, he was no ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... (c) Underwood & Underwood William Howard Taft-- Whose Head Was Not Turned By His Father's Success ILLIAM HOWARD TAFT was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 15, 1857. His father was a very wealthy and prominent man. Though the boy had every advantage that money and position could give him, he was no different from other boys. He was always popular with his boyhood companions. He had a sunny disposition, and hated any underhand action. Because his father had graduated from Yale, William Howard Taft looked forward to attending that university. He was going to study, and he was also going to enter into all forms of athletics. He reached Yale when he was very young, being just seventeen years of age. He was a robust lad, weighing two hundred and twenty-five pounds. When, about three hours after his arrival, he joined his classmates in the freshman rush, he soon proved that he had plenty of class spirit. At Yale he won several special prizes for his work, and was also one of the star athletes. He was the champion wrestler of the college, rowed stroke on his class crew, and was "anchor" in the tug-of-war. He also boxed. He was very popular with all the boys, quickly becoming one of the leaders in the university. When he was graduated from college William Howard Taft returned to his home in Cincinnati He studied in the Cincinnati Law School from which he was graduated two years later, in 1880. While he was studying law he was working in his father's law office and also was acting as a newspaper reporter. Mr. Taft followed his father's interests in law and politics, and soon became an office holder, the collector of internal revenue for his district. He was an able lawyer, and so well known for his legal work that in 1890 he was made...
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