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27th President of the United States

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Thepresidency of William Howard Taft began on March 4, 1909, whenWilliam Howard Taft wasinaugurated the 27thpresident of the United States and ended on March 4, 1913.

1909

Taft visits New Orleans. October 30, 1909

March 4 - TheInauguration of William Howard Taft takes place.
April 7 - Taft orders that the deaf be allowed to take thecivil service exam.^[1]
April 19 - Taft attends aMajor League Baseball game with Vice PresidentJames S. Sherman, the first such game to be spectated by a president.^[2]
April 30 - Taft has the city of La Bova renanmed toBalboa in thePanama Canal Zone.^[3]
May 17 -First Lady Helen Herron Taft suffers a stroke that leaves her partially paralyzed and speech impaired for the following year.
May 22 - Taft orders 700,000 acres of federal land be opened for settlement in and around thePacific Northwest.^[4]
May 26 - Taft chooses the design of theLincoln cent.
June 16 - Taft recommends to Congress that anincome tax amendment be made to the Constitution.^[5]
June 28 - Taft hosts the first meal to be served on the roof of the White House.^[6]
July 12 - Taft establishes theOregon Caves National Monument and Preserve.
July 15 - Taft contactsPrince Chun to request American involvement in the financing of Chinese railways.^[7]
August 2 - TheUnited States Army purchases the world's first military plane from theWright brothers.
July 31 - Taft establishes the Mukuntuweap National Monument, which would becomeZion National Park.
August 2 - The Lincoln Center is made available to the public.
August 5 - Taft signs thePayne–Aldrich Tariff Act into law.
August 7 - Taft relocates to his Summer White House inBeverly, Massachusetts.^[8]
September 14 - Taft embarks on a tour throughout the United States.
September 21 - Taft establishes theShoshone Cavern National Monument.
September 23 - Taft opens theGunnison Tunnel inColorado.^[9]
September 27 - Taft sets aside over 3 million acres of land as the country's first Naval oil reserve.^[10]
October 16 - Taft meets with Mexican PresidentPorfirio Díaz inEl Paso, Texas. He becomes the first sitting president to visit a foreign country when he dines with Díaz inCiudad Juárez.^[11]
November 1 - Taft establishes theGran Quivira National Monument.
November 10 - Taft returns toWashington, D.C. following his tour.
November 18 - The United States sends two warships toNicaragua following the execution of two Americans.
November 21 - The United States demands reparations from Nicaragua for the killing of Americans.^[12]
December 1 - The United States ends diplomatic relations with Nicaragua.^[13]
December 7 - Taft delivers the1909 State of the Union Address.^[14]
December 13 - Taft nominatesHorace Harmon Lurton to theSupreme Court of the United States.
December 16 - Nicaraguan dictatorJosé Santos Zelaya resigns under pressure from the American military.
December 20 - Horace Harmon Lurton is confirmed as anAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court.

1910

Taft tours construction of the Panama Canal. November 1910.

January 1 - Taft invites the public into the White House to celebrate the new year.^[15]
January 3 - Presidents of the major railroad companies meet with Taft to request he call off antitrust litigation.^[16]
January 7 - Taft has Forestry DirectorGifford Pinchot fired, setting off the events of thePinchot–Ballinger controversy.^[17]
February 1 -Secretary of State Philander C. Knox embarks on a tour of Central and South America.
April 14 - Taft establishes the tradition of the president throwing theceremonial first pitch.^[18]
April 22 -Leonard Wood takes office asChief of Staff of the United States Army.
April 25 - Taft nominatesCharles Evans Hughes to the Supreme Court of the United States.
May 2 - Horace Harmon Lurton is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court.
May 3 - Taft visits his hometown ofCincinnati and requests that he be treated without presidential honors.^[19]
June 20 - Taft signs theEnabling Act of 1910 into law.^[20]
June 25 - Taft signs theFederal Corrupt Practices Act, theMann Act, and thePostal Savings Bank Act into law.
June 27 -Robert A. Taft accidentally strikes a pedestrian with his car. President Taft offers compensation in addition to covering medical expenses.^[21]
July 2 - Taft sets aside nearly 8.5 million acres as federal land in Alaska.^[22]
July 7 - Taft sets aside over 35 million acres of federal land in the Western United States for coal mining.^[23]
July 28 - Taft establishes theEldorado National Forest.
November 8 - Democrats take control of theHouse of Representatives in the1910 United States elections.
November 10 - Taft embarks on theUSSTennessee to visit thePanama Canal.
November 14 - Taft arrives in Panama on board the USSTennessee.
November 16 - Speaking inPanama City, Taft reiterates that the United States will not annexPanama.^[24]
November 20 - TheMexican Revolution begins.
November 23 - Taft returns to the United States following visits to Panama and Cuba.^[25]
December 1 - Taft hosts adebutante ball at the White House for his daughterHelen Taft.^[26]
December 6 - Taft delivers the1910 State of the Union Address.^[27]
December 12 - Taft nominatesWillis Van Devanter andJoseph Rucker Lamar to the Supreme Court and nominates Associate JusticeEdward Douglass White asChief Justice of the United States. White is confirmed as Chief Justice the same day.
December 15 - Willis Van Devanter and Joseph Rucker Lamar are confirmed as Associate Justices.

1911

Taft dedicates Lincoln Memorial Hall. November 9, 1911.

March 1 - Taft signs theWeeks Act into law.^[28]
March 4 - Taft calls a special session of Congress to address unresolved issues.^[29]
March 7 - The United States military mobilizes along the Mexican border as the Mexican Revolution risks spilling over into the United States.
March 12 -Richard A. Ballinger resigns asSecretary of the Interior amid scandal.
March 13 -Walter L. Fisher takes office as Secretary of the Interior.
May 21 -Jacob M. Dickinson is no longerSecretary of War.
May 22 -Henry L. Stimson takes office as Secretary of War.
May 23 - Taft dedicates theNew York Public Library alongsideAndrew Carnegie.^[30]
June 17 -Robert M. La Follette announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
July 14 - AviatorHarry Atwood flies from Boston to the White House, breaking the record for the longest airplane flight.^[31]
August 4 - Taft meets with AdmiralTōgō Heihachirō of Japan.^[32]
August 11 - Taft travels to his Summer White House in Beverly, Massachusetts.^[33]
August 15 - Taft vetoes statehood of Arizona and New Mexico over a provision in the Arizona Constitution allowing judicial recall.^[34]
September 15 - Taft embarks on a tour across the United States.^[35]
October 14 - Taft breaks ground on thePanama–Pacific International Exposition that would take place in 1915.^[36]
October 16 - Two men place dynamite on a railroad in California ahead of Taft's car. Security guard Abe Jenkins discovers the dynamite before the president arrives.^[37]
October 26 - Taft files an antitrust suit againstU.S. Steel.
November 2 - Taft inspects the Naval fleet as he receives a 3,690 gun salute.^[38]
November 9 - Taft dedicates Lincoln Memorial Hall inHodgenville, Kentucky.^[39]
November 12 - Taft returns to the White House after 87 days away.^[35]
December 5 - Taft delivers the1911 State of the Union Address.^[40]

1912

Taft signing the Arizona Statehood Bill. February 14, 1912.

Taft boarding the USSArkansas. October 14, 1912.

January 6 -New Mexico is admitted as the 47th state.
January 18 - Taft pardonsCharles W. Morse, believing him to be terminally ill.
February 6 - Taft declares his intention to nameWilliam Cather Hook as a Supreme Court nominee. He rescinds the suggestion following backlash from the African-American community.^[41]
February 14 -Arizona is admitted as the 48th state.
February 19 - Taft nominatesMahlon Pitney to the Supreme Court of the United States.
February 22 - Former PresidentTheodore Roosevelt announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
March 2 - Taft urges that American citizens prepare to evacuate Mexico as the Mexican Revolution escalates.^[42]
March 13 - Mahlon Pitney is confirmed as an Associate Justice.
March 14 - Taft issues an embargo on weapon sales to Mexico.^[43]
March 19 -North Dakota hosts the first everstatewide primary. Taft finishes third behind Theodore Roosevelt and Robert M. La Follette.^[44]
April 17 -Julia Lathrop becomes the first woman to lead a federal agency in the United States as director of theUnited States Children's Bureau.^[45]
May 11 - TheTerritory of Alaska is incorporated into the United States.
June 3 - Taft welcomes visiting German Naval officers inHampton Roads.^[46]
June 5 -U.S. Marines land inCuba.
June 19 - Taft signs into law the eight-hour workday for federal employees.
June 22 - TheRepublican National Convention nominates Taft as its presidential candidate.
June 24 - Taft establishes federal regulations for the design of theFlag of the United States, also adding two stars for Arizona and New Mexico.^[47]
July 31 - Taft signs theSims Act into law.^[48]
August 4 - The United States begins itsoccupation of Nicaragua at the request of the Nicaraguan government.
August 5 - TheProgressive Party splits off from theRepublican Party to nominate Theodore Roosevelt.
August 24 - Taft signs thePanama Canal Act into law.
September 2 - Taft sets aside the first Naval oil reserve to be used in the event of war inKern County, California.^[49]
September 23 - Taft bans all foreign ships from accessingPearl Harbor,Guantánamo Bay,Subic Bay, andGuam.^[50]
September 24 - U.S. Marines restore order in theDominican Republic amid theDominican Civil War.
October 14 - Theodore Roosevelt isshot while campaigning for the presidency.
October 30 - Vice President James S. Sherman dies of kidney failure at the age of 57.
November 5 - Taft finishes third in the1912 presidential election behindWoodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.
December 3 - Taft delivers the1912 State of the Union Address.^[51]
December 15 -US Ambassador to the UK Whitelaw Reid dies at the age of 75.^[52]
December 21 - Taft embarks on theUSSArkansas to visit the Panama Canal.
December 25 - An attempt is made on Taft's life as a road inColón, Panama is destroyed by dynamite only minutes after Taft had crossed it.^[53]

1913

Taft with Woodrow Wilson prior to the latter's inauguration. March 4, 1913.

January 20 - Taft accepts a position as professor atYale Law School.^[54]
February 8 - Taft personally attends a session of Congress to deliver a eulogy for Vice President James S. Sherman. This is the first time a president has attended a session of Congress personally since 1801.^[55]
February 14 - Taft vetoes an immigration bill that would requireliteracy tests.^[56]
February 22 - Taft deploys thousands of soldiers toGalveston, Texas to prepare for potential war with Mexico.^[57]^[58]
February 25 - TheSixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
March 4 - Taft signs into law the creation of theDepartment of Labor as a distinct entity from theUS Department of Commerce and Labor.^[59]
March 4 - Woodrow Wilson isinaugurated as the 28th President of the United States.

See also

Timeline of the Theodore Roosevelt presidency, for his predecessor
Timeline of the Woodrow Wilson presidency, for his successor

References

^John V. Van Cleve and Barry A. Crouch,A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America (Gallaudet University Press, 1989), pp157–158
^"Taft at Ball Game; No Hoodoo, He Hopes",New York Times, April 20, 1909
^The Panama Gateway (C. Scribner's Sons, 1915), p95
^Gorton Carruth, et al.,The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates (Thomas Y. Crowell, 1962) p416
^"Income Tax",Encyclopedia Americana (1919), vol. 14, p744
^"Dine On White House Roof",New York Times, June 29, 1909, p1
^Feng-Hua Huang,Public Debts in China (Columbia University Press, 1919), p37
^"President Greets Family at Beverly",New York Times, August 8, 1909, p1; "Cabinet Officers Off For Vacations", p3
^"Taft Opens Tunnel That Diverts River",New York Times, September 24, 1909, p1
^Lita Epstein, C.D. Jaco, and Julianne C. Iwersen-Niemann,The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Politics of Oil (Alpha Books, 2003), pp131–132; Samuel P. Hays,Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency: The Progressive Conservation Movement, 1890–1920 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999), pp 89–90
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^"Taft Shakes Hands With 5,575 Persons".The New York Times. January 2, 1910. p. 1.
^"Railroad Leaders Appeal In Person",,Indianapolis Star, January 4, 1910, p2
^"Pinchot Fired By Taft; 'Usefulness Destroyed'".Atlanta Constitution. January 8, 1910. p. 1.
^"President Taft Throws First Ball Over Plate",Atlanta Constitution, April 15, 1910, p 13; John Sayle Watterson,The Games Presidents Play: Sports and the Presidency (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006) p 84
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^"Taft Withdraws Big Coal Tracts".The New York Times. July 8, 1910. p. 2.
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^"President Calls a Special Session",New York Times, March 5, 1911, p1
^"City's $29,000,000 Library Is Opened"Archived 2022-03-07 at theWayback Machine,New York Times, May 24, 1911
^"Taft Greets Atwood after Rainy Flight"Archived 2019-12-15 at theWayback Machine,New York Times, July 15, 1911
^"Admiral Togo Here as Nation's Guest",The New York Times, August 4, 1911, p1
^"President Goes to Beverly",The New York Times, August 11, 1911
^"President Vetoes the Statehood Bill",The New York Times, August 16, 1911, p1; Steven L. Piott,Giving Voters a Voice: The Origins of the Initiative and Referendum in America (University of Missouri Press, 2003) p145
^^a ^b"President Taft Ends His 15,000 Mile Tour",The New York Times, November 12, 1911
^"Taft Breaks Earth for Panama Fair".The New York Times. October 15, 1911.
^"Dynamite Mines Menaced Taft"Archived 2021-08-31 at theWayback Machine,New York Times, October 17, 1911
^"Taft Reviews Mighty Fleet",New York Times, November 3, 1911
^"Lincoln Memorial Dedicated by Taft",New York Times, November 10, 1911
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^"Drops Judge Hook; May Name Nagel"Archived 2021-08-31 at theWayback Machine,New York Times, February 8, 1912
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^"Troops to Stop All Arms into Mexico",New York Times, March 15, 1912
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^"Makes Woman Bureau Chief – Miss Lathrop, Named by Taft, is First to Head Federal Department",The New York Times, April 18, 1912
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v t e William Howard Taft
10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930) 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) 3rd Provisional Governor of Cuba (1904) 42nd United States Secretary of War (1904–1908) Governor-General of the Philippines (1901–1904) 6th Solicitor General of the United States (1890–1892)
Presidency (timeline)	1909 inauguration Dollar diplomacy Income Tax amendment Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act Weeks Act Federal Corrupt Practices Act Wireless Ship Act of 1910 Apportionment Act of 1911 North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 Mann–Elkins Act Radio Act of 1912 Defense Secrets Act of 1911 Pinchot–Ballinger controversy Commission on Economy and Efficiency U.S. occupation of Nicaragua United States Chamber of Commerce Ceremonial first pitch State of the Union Address 1912 Cabinet Judicial appointments Supreme Court First Oval Office Wilson transition
Chief Justice, Supreme Court	Supreme Court career Judiciary Act of 1925 Creation of the Supreme Court Building Taft Court cases
Other actions	Taft Commission Insular Government of the Philippine Islands Philippines Civil Governor, 1901–1904 Taft–Katsura agreement 1906–1909 Occupation of Cuba League to Enforce Peace National War Labor Board
Life and legacy	Early life Birthplace, home, and historic site Malacañang Palace Woodbury Point Taft Bridge Bibliography U.S. Postage stamps SSPresident Taft Taft, Montana High school (New York City Chicago Los Angeles San Antonio)
Elections	1908 Republican National Convention 1908 U.S. presidential election 1912 Republican National Convention 1912 U.S. presidential election
Family	Helen Herron Taft (wife) Robert Alphonso Taft (son) Helen Taft Manning (daughter) Charles Phelps Taft II (son) William Howard Taft III (grandson) Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (grandson) Seth Taft (grandson) Alphonso Taft (father) Louise Taft (mother) Charles Phelps Taft (brother) Henry Waters Taft (brother) Horace Dutton Taft (brother) Peter Rawson Taft (paternal grandfather)
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