Taft

People

• William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States and 10th Chief Justice of the United States
• The Taft family, a political dynasty that includes the above-named President:
• The Tafts of Mendon and Uxbridge, Massachusetts:
• Robert Taft, Sr., immigrant, patriarch of the Taft family, and great-great-great-great-grandfather of President Taft
• Josiah Taft, grandson of Robert Sr and husband of Lydia Chapin Taft
• Lydia Chapin Taft, widow of Josiah and the first woman to vote in colonial America
• Peter Rawson Taft, great-great-grandson of Robert Sr, grandfather of President Taft, and a Vermont legislator
• John Robert Taft, great-great-great nephew to President Taft, a highly accomplished general liability claims adjuster
• The Tafts of Ohio:
• Alphonso Taft, Attorney General and Secretary of War of the United States, co-founder of Skull and Bones, great-great-great-grandson of Robert Sr, and father of President Taft
• Horace Dutton Taft, brother of the President
• Robert Taft, United States Senator from Ohio, son of the President
• Robert Taft, Jr., United States Senator from Ohio, son of the above-named Senator
• Bob Taft, former Governor of Ohio, great grandson of the President, and grandson and son (respectively) of the above two men

• Other people named Taft, but not members of the above family:
• Lorado Taft, American sculptor

Place names

• Taft, YazdPhilippines
• Taft, Eastern SamarUnited States
• Taft, California
• Taft, Florida
• Taft, Louisiana
• Taft, Minnesota
• Taft, Montana
• Taft, Oklahoma
• Taft, Oregon
• Taft, Tennessee
• Taft, Texas
• Taft, Virginia
• The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, founded by Horace Dutton Taft