Flashcard sets with a 'william howard taft' term meaning 'born 1857, appointed the 10th chief justice in 1921 by pres. harding, from connecticut, only man to serve as both president and chief justice, republican, u.s. solicitor general, interest more with law and justice than politics, but ambitious wife urged him to pursue elected office, after being president of the philippine commission, became sec. of war, pinned by theodore roosevelt to follow him into the presidency, known for effective administrative skills, instigator behind the construction of the supreme court building, retired in 1930'

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