There's no debate that William Howard Taft was the largest man -- in poundage -- ever to be elected president. There's ton of photographic evidence to make that point and there is, of course, that ...

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3. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT DIDN'T GET STUCK IN A BATHTUB William Howard Taft was the heaviest U.S. president in history, weighing in at 330 pounds at one point.

George F. Will: Trump stokes the Republican populism that Taft resisted Taft’s presidency was bracketed by Roosevelt’s and Wilson’s, the progenitors of today’s imperial presidency.

A new book highlights the political dynasty of the Taft family, with judges, senators, Cabinet members, plus a U.S. president and chief justice.

One such family is the Tafts, five generations of a staunchly Republican Ohio family most famous for President William Howard Taft and Senate Republican leader Robert Alphonso Taft, who gave their ...

Description Author Jared Cohen and the director of Southern Methodist University's Center for Presidential History Jeffrey Engel talked about William Howard Taft's post-presidency. The George W ...

For four months, the world’s richest man has played an unprecedented role in U.S. government. At the start of his 2025 term, President Donald Trump asked Elon Musk to cut government “waste and ...

It seems unlikely, then, that Taft would get stuck in one of his custom tubs. The story has been traced back to Ike Hoover, the White House's chief usher at the time. In his 1934 memoir, he ...

Yes, President William Howard Taft had a little trouble while taking a bath. No, it's probably not the story you're thinking about. | Print Collector/Getty Images 1. William Henry Harrison ...