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William Howard Taft — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1857–1930 · United States · President & Chief Justice

William Howard Taft

Law, order, and the market

The constitutional conservative.

Rooted Civic Conservative →
Economic+34
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Governance+42
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Social−25
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The only man to lead both the presidency and the Supreme Court, whose reverence for constitutional order and market enterprise embodied a lawful, institutional conservatism.

social

Sober institutional traditionalist.

economic

Pro-business trust-buster who trusted markets and courts.

governance

Revered constitutional order; later Chief Justice of the US.

Notable for
  • US President, then Chief Justice
  • Trust-busting
  • Constitutional restraint
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