Taft was born on September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alphonso Taft and Louise Torrey. His father, Alphonso, was a pretty notable person who served as the Secretary of War and Attorney General for Ulysses Grant. Despite this, the Tafts were not that rich, living in a small suburb...
Conversely, she called Taft "the great procrastinator. He waited 'til the last minute for everything, and it got him in trouble over and over again. So I keep saying to myself when I'm about to put something off, 'I don't want to be Taft in this, I wanna be Teddy!'" Hearing ...
Also in CincinnatiThe Taft Museum of Art at 316 Pike Street was the home of Charles Phelps Taft, half-brother of the President. Today the museum has Charles and Anna Taft's collection of European and American paintings, Chinese porcelains, and decorative pieces. Source: NPS Brochure (2011)...