- Dates
- 1857–1930
- Also known as
- Taft
- Wikidata
- Q35648
- The Thirty-Four24 scenes
- The Dearborn Independent20 scenes
- How are William Howard Taft and … connected?
- Life 1857–1930
- head of United States (President) 1909–1913
Connections 4
head of
- United States 1909–1913 President Primary record 1
signed
- The Perils of Racial Prejudice 1921 Scholarship & press 2
intervened in
- The Dearborn Independent’s “International Jew” campaign criticised it in a speech Scholarship & press 23
involved in
- Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States President; told Congress in December 1911 what the decree directed Primary record 1
Timeline 3 dates
- 1857–1930 William Howard Taft
- 1909–1913 William Howard Taft head of United States
- 1921 William Howard Taft signed The Perils of Racial Prejudice
Proof 3 sources
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Third Annual Message (on the anti-trust statute), 5 December 1911, The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara (text of the message), 5 Dec 1911.
Primary record
27th President of the United States: 1909 ‐ 1913
directed the transfer and pro rata distribution by the New Jersey company of the stock held by it in the thirty-seven corporations to and among its stockholders
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Henry Ford and the Jews: the story Dearborn didn’t want told, Bridge Michigan, 4 Feb 2019.
Scholarship & press
Later, he joined outgoing President Woodrow Wilson and dozens of other VIPs in signing a petition that denounced the Independent.
Former President William Howard Taft, a future U.S. Supreme Court chief justice, slammed Ford in a speech.
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The International Jew: 1920s Antisemitism Revived Online, Anti-Defamation League, 30 Jan 2017.
Scholarship & press
Despite these complaints, The Dearborn Independent continued to attack Jews
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