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  Taft, Jr., Robert
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AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameRobert Taft, Jr.
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Cincinnati, Ohio , United States
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Born February 26, 1917
DiedDecember 07, 1993 (76 years)
ContributorRP
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Feb 22, 2022 06:29pm
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Info (son of Robert Alphonso Taft, grandson of President William Howard Taft, and grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft), a Representative and a Senator from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 26, 1917; attended Cincinnati public and private schools; graduated from Yale University in 1939 and from Harvard University Law School in 1942; during the Second World War served as an officer in the United States Navy 1942-1946; was admitted to the bar in 1946 and commenced the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio; elected to Ohio house of representatives in 1955, 1957, 1959 and 1961, and was majority floor leader 1961-1962; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1965); was not a candidate for renomination to the Eighty-ninth Congress in 1964, but was an unsuccessful Candidate for election to the United States Senate; elected to the Ninetieth Congress; reelected to the Ninety-first Congress (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1970; served from January 3, 1971, until his resignation December 28, 1976; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976; practiced law in Cincinnati and Washington, D.C.; lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, until his death on December 7, 1993; interment in Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery.


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FAMILY
Son Robert A. "Bob" Taft III 1942-
Father Robert A. Taft 1889-1953
Grandfather William Howard Taft 1857-1930
Great-Grandfather Alphonso Taft 1810-1891
Grand Uncle Charles Phelps Taft 1843-1929
1st Cousin Once Removed Jane Ingalls 1874-1962
2nd Cousin David S. Ingalls 1899-1985
Grand Uncle Henry Peters Taft 1859-1945
1st Cousin Once Removed Walbridge J. Taft 1884-1951
Aunt Helen Herron Taft Manning 1891-1987
Uncle Charles P. Taft II 1897-1983
1st Cousin Seth C. Taft 1922-2013
Grandmother Helen Herron Taft 1861-1943
Great-Grandmother Harriet Collins Herron 1833-1902
Grand Aunt Lucy Lippitt 1877-1961
1st Cousin Once Removed Frederick Lippitt 1916-2005
Brother William Howard Taft, III 1915-1991
Nephew William Howard Taft, IV 1945-

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/02/1976 OH US Senate Lost 46.52% (-2.99%)
  11/03/1970 OH US Senate Won 49.68% (+2.23%)
  05/05/1970 OH US Senate - R Primary Won 50.28% (+0.56%)
  11/05/1968 OH District 1 Won 67.23% (+34.46%)
  11/08/1966 OH District 1 Won 52.93% (+5.86%)
  05/03/1966 OH District 01 - R Primary Won 79.70% (+59.40%)
  11/03/1964 OH US Senate Lost 49.78% (-0.44%)
  05/05/1964 OH US Senate- R Primary Won 79.11% (+58.22%)
  11/06/1962 OH At-Large Won 60.53% (+21.06%)
  05/08/1962 OH At-Large - R Primary Won 91.45% (+82.90%)
ENDORSEMENTS
OH US President - R Primary - Jun 03, 1980 R George H. W. Bush
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.