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Robert Alphonso Taft, Sr
Birth: Sep. 8, 1889
Death: Jul. 31, 1953

US Senator from Ohio 1939 - 1953 Died in Office. Grandson of Alphonso Taft, son of William Howard Taft. Father of Robert Taft JR. and grandfather of Robert Taft III. (bio by: Erik Lander) 
 
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 Parents:
  William Howard Taft (1857 - 1930)
  Helen Herron Taft (1861 - 1943)
 
 Spouse:
  Martha Wheaton Bowers Taft (1889 - 1958)
 
 Children:
  Robert Alphonso Taft (1917 - 1993)*
 
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Burial:
Indian Hill Episcopal Presbyterian Churchyard
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio, USA
 
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Record added: Oct 18, 2000
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Although you were a tough critic of the New Deal and the drift towards World War II, many of your points (such as the value of war crime trials) still have relevance. Your monument was the Taft-Hartley Labor Act. I think you deserved a chance to be Presi...(Read more)
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