Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953

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Birth 1889-09-08
Death 1953-07-31
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U.S. senator from Ohio.

From the description of Papers, 1949. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39632581

U.S. senator from Ohio, Republican Party leader, and lawyer.

From the description of Robert A. Taft papers, 1885-1980 (bulk 1938-1953). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78464941

Biographical Note

1917, Feb. 26 Born, Cincinnati, Ohio 1939 B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Married Blanca Noel (died 1968) 1942 LL.B., Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1942 1946 Commissioned ensign, United States Naval Reserve 1942 1945 Took part in landings at Guadalcanal, Sicily, Salerno, Normandy, and Okinawa during World War II 1944 Awarded navy commendation medal 1946 1954 Lawyer, law firm of Taft, Stettinius and Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio; became partner, 1951 1955 1962 Member, Ohio House of Representatives 1961 1962 Republican majority floor leader, Ohio House of Representatives 1963 1964 Member-at-large, United States House of Representatives 1964 Ran unsuccessfully for United States Senate 1965 1966 Partner, law firm of Taft, Stettinius and Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio 1967 1970 Member, United States House of Representatives 1969 Married Katherine W. Perry (divorced 1977) 1971 1976 Member, United States Senate 1976 Ran unsuccessfully for reelection to United States Senate 1977 1988 Partner, law firm of Taft, Stettinius and Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio 1978 Married Joan McKelvy 1993, Dec. 7 Died, Cincinnati, Ohio

From the guide to the Robert Taft, Jr. Papers, 1897-1993, (bulk 1963-1976), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Biographical Note

1889, Sept. 8 Born, Cincinnati, Ohio 1910 B.A. summa cum laude, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1913 LL.B. summa cum laude, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Admitted to Ohio bar 1913 1917 Practiced law, Cincinnati, Ohio 1914 Married Martha Wheaton Bowers 1917 1919 Assistant counsel, United States Food Administration, Washington, D.C. 1919 Counsel, American Relief Administration, Paris, France 1920 Return to law practice 1921 1926 Republican member of Ohio House of Representatives; elected speaker in 1926 1931 1932 Republican member, Ohio Senate 1936 Ohio's "favorite son" for Republican presidential nomination 1939 1953 Republican member, United States Senate 1940 1952 Candidate for Republican presidential nomination (1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952) 1944 1953 Chairman, Republican Senate Policy Committee 1947 Chairman, Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee, Eightieth Congress 1951 Published A Foreign Policy for Americans. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday 1953 Senate Majority Leader, Eighty-third Congress 1953, July 31 Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Robert A. Taft Papers, 1885-1980, (bulk 1938-1953), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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