Robert A. Taft

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Person.png Robert A. Taft  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, lawyer)
BornSeptember 8, 1889
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJuly 31, 1953 (Age 63)
New York City, New York State, U.S.
Cause of death
galloping cancer
NationalityUS
Alma materYale College, Harvard Law School
Parents • William Howard Taft
• Nellie Herron
Children • Robert Taft Jr
• William Howard Taft III
PartyRepublican

Employment.png United States Senator from Ohio

In office
January 3, 1939 - July 31, 1953

Employment.png 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)  [1]

“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)  [2]



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