Background
Taft, Robert Alphonso was born on September 8, 1889 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of William Howard (27th President of the United States) and Helen (Herron) T.
Taft, Robert Alphonso was born on September 8, 1889 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of William Howard (27th President of the United States) and Helen (Herron) T.
Preparatory education, Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1910, Master of Arts, 1936. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1913.
Doctor of Laws, Wittenberg College, 1939, Miami University, 1939, Grove City College, 1943, Bethany College, 1944, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Wesleyan University and Kenyon College, 1949, Western Reserve University and William Jewell College, 1951. Doctor of Civil Law, Marietta College, 1949, Ripon College, 1951. D.I.L., Pennsylvania Military College, 1951.
Admitted to the Ohio State bar, 1913, and began practice at Cincinnati. With firm of Maxwell & Ramsey, 1913-1917. Member Taft & Taft (brother Charles P. II), 1922, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister 1923-1951.
Director Central Trust Company. Fellow Yale Corporation Assistant counsel United States Food Administration, 1917-1919. Member Ohio House of Republican, 1921-1926 (speaker of House, 1926), Ohio Senate, 1931-1932.
Member United States Senate since 1939.
Author: A Foreign Policy for Americans, 1951.
Member Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Clubs: Queen City, Cincinnati, Camargo.
Married Martha Wheaton Bowers, October 17, 1914. Children: William Howard, Robert, Lloyd Bowers, Horace Dwight.
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