Ruler · 1857 – 1930

William Howard Taft

Lived 1857 – 1930; statesperson, politician, writer. President of the United States (United States), 1909 – 1913.

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Lived: 1857 – 1930; 73 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; United States
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of the United States

United States · the 28th of 48 dated reigns · 1789 – 2025

24 before

Grover Cleveland1893 – 1897

William McKinley1897 – 1901

Theodore Roosevelt1901 – 1909

William Howard Taft1909 – 1913

Woodrow Wilson1913 – 1921

Warren G. Harding1921 – 1923

Calvin Coolidge1923 – 1929

17 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1909 – 1913 · 4 years · came to it aged 52

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1913; they died in 1930

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