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The only president to later serve as chief justice of the United States, William Howard Taft remarked in the 1920s that 'I don't remember that I ever was President'. This title presents an assessment of Taft's accomplishments and setbacks in office. It shows why Taft's presidency is very much worth remembering on its own terms.

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This is the best informed and most judicious study yet published about the Taft presidency. Gould has poured into this short book the product of his impressive research and extensive reflection about the politics of the progressive period, Taft's uncomfortable role therein, and not the least Taft's controversial relationship with Theodore Roosevelt. John Morton Blum, author of The Republican Roosevelt and The Progressive Presidents ""Gould effectively and evenhandedly examines the sweet as well as the sour of this presidency, balancing Taft's intelligence, integrity, and efficiency on one side with a surprising impulsiveness and lack of intimate, reliable political advice on the other."" John Milton Cooper, author of Pivotal Decades: The United States 1900-1920

The William Howard Taft Presidency

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      Publisher: MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/20/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780700616749, 978-0700616749
      ISBN10: 0700616748
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      Book Synopsis
      The only president to later serve as chief justice of the United States, William Howard Taft remarked in the 1920s that 'I don't remember that I ever was President'. This title presents an assessment of Taft's accomplishments and setbacks in office. It shows why Taft's presidency is very much worth remembering on its own terms.

      Trade Review
      This is the best informed and most judicious study yet published about the Taft presidency. Gould has poured into this short book the product of his impressive research and extensive reflection about the politics of the progressive period, Taft's uncomfortable role therein, and not the least Taft's controversial relationship with Theodore Roosevelt. John Morton Blum, author of The Republican Roosevelt and The Progressive Presidents ""Gould effectively and evenhandedly examines the sweet as well as the sour of this presidency, balancing Taft's intelligence, integrity, and efficiency on one side with a surprising impulsiveness and lack of intimate, reliable political advice on the other."" John Milton Cooper, author of Pivotal Decades: The United States 1900-1920

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