Robert A. Taft

Robert A. Taft   (politician, lawyer)
Born	September 8, 1889 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	July 31, 1953 (Age 63) New York City, New York State, U.S.
Cause of death	galloping cancer
Nationality	US
Alma mater	Yale College, Harvard Law School
Parents	• William Howard Taft • Nellie Herron
Children	• Robert Taft Jr • William Howard Taft III
Party	Republican
United States Senator from Ohio In office January 3, 1939 - July 31, 1953  Senate Majority Leader In office January 3, 1953 - July 31, 1953

Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. was an American politician, lawyer, and scion of the Republican Party's Taft family.

Presidential candidate

“Every Republican candidate for president since 1936 has been nominated by the Chase National Bank”
Robert A. Taft (1952) 

“First, it was the power of the New York financial interests and a large number of businessmen subject to New York influence, who selected General Eisenhower as their candidate at least a year ago. There was a strong and substantial minority of Taft supporters among business leaders, but they were a minority, particularly in the East. Second, four-fifths of the influential newspapers in the country were opposed to me continuously and vociferously and many turned themselves into propaganda sheets for my opponent.”
Robert A. Taft (1952) 

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