Taft

California city name

Taft is a surname, most associated with William Howard Taft, the 27th U.S. president and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court—the only person to hold both offices.

The name appears in place names across America: the Taft-Hartley Act, Taft, California.

Robert Taft, his son, was a prominent conservative senator.

family

dynasty

Successive family rulers

Alphonso · senator · governor · legacy · Cincinnati · heritage · American · lineage · descendants · generations

president

presidency

Chief executive's office

trust-busting · antitrust · bathtub · Roosevelt · successor · incumbent · executive · commander-in-chief · Yale

physique

portly

Heavyset, especially around waist

large · stout · bulky · overweight · stocky · robust · substantial · imposing · frame · girth

judiciary

bench

Shared seating surface

constitutional · jurisprudence · robe · tenure · opinion · ruling

Categories
Opposites
political ideology (progressive vs. conservative)

TaftTheodore Roosevelt

Twenty-sixth American president

Woodrow Wilson · Franklin D. Roosevelt · progressivism · progressive · reform

political dynasty/family

TaftKennedy

Irish-origin surname, political dynasty

Roosevelt · Bush · Adams · Clinton · Harrison

Phrases
Family

taffeta

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G