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Of the 11 U.S. presidents serving between 1841 and 1921, seven of them were born in Ohio.The presidents and their places of birth were: Ulysses S. Grant, Point Pleasant; Rutherford B. Hayes, Delaware; James A. Garfield, Orange; Benjamin Harrison, North Bend; William McKinley, Niles; William H. Taft, Cincinnati; Warren G. Harding, Morrow County. These were the only Ohio-born presidents. Three of them, Garfield, McKinley and Harding died in office. Four of the seven presidents hailing from Ohio died while in office. They were William Henry Harrison, the 9th president, who died one month after his inauguration in 1841; the 20th president, James Garfield, who was assassinated in 1881; William McKinley, the 25th president, who was assassinated in 1901; and Warren G. Harding, who died suddenly in 1923. Links: USA, Ohio, GarfieldJ, HarrisonB, McKinleyW, TaftW, HardingW, HayesR, HarrisonW 
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1909 Jun 1 |
Pres. William Howard Taft touched a key in Washington, DC, sending a signal to Seattle, opening the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Expo at the Seattle World’s Fair, as well as a signal to NYC initialing the New York to Seattle Automobile Race. Links: USA, NYC, Cars, Washington, TaftW, Expo
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1909 Oct 6 |
Pres. William Taft visited San Francisco. Links: USA, SF, TaftW
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1911 May 23 |
The NY Public Library building at 5th Avenue was dedicated by Pres Taft. In 2008 the central reference building at 42nd and Fifth Avenue was renamed "The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building following a $100 million contribution by Schwarzman (b.1947), co-founder of the Blackstone Group, toward the expansion of the New York Public Library. Links: USA, NYC, TaftW
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1912 Apr 22 |
At the urging of Pres. Taft the Chamber of Commerce of the USA was established at a Washington hotel by a gathering of 700 delegates from 44 states. The represented 324 voluntary organizations. Links: USA, DC, TaftW
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1912 Nov 5 |
Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected the 28th president, defeating Progressive Republican Theodore Roosevelt and incumbent Republican William Howard Taft. Wilson had served as the president of Princeton Univ. California’s Gov. Hiram Johnson was the running mate for former Pres. Theodore Roosevelt on a Progressive Party platform that included a universal system of social insurance to protect all Americans from the “hazards of sickness.” In 2004 James Chace authored “1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft & Debs – The election that Changed the Country. Links: USA, California, TaftW, WilsonW, RooseveltT
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1913 Feb 25 |
The 16th Amendment to the constitution was adopted, setting the legal basis for the income tax. The amendment, proposed by Congress at the urging of Pres. Taft, established a corporate tax. Churches and other religious organizations were exempted from federal taxation. Cordell Hull, author of the Revenue Act of 1913, said: “Of course any kind of society or corporation that is not doing business for profit and not acquiring profit would not come within the meaning of the taxing clause.” Links: USA, Taxes, TaftW
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1967 Jul 1 |
The United States Postal Savings System, signed into law by President William Howard Taft and operated by the United States Post Office Department, went out of service. Links: USA, TaftW
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