Taft, Charles P. (Charles Phelps), 1897-1983

Lawyer.

From the description of Reminiscences of Charles Phelps Taft : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528703

Lawyer, protestant lay leader, and mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio; son of U.S. President William H. Taft; died 1983.

From the description of Papers, 1816-1983 (bulk 1937-1979). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70937872

Lawyer, Protestant lay leader, and mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Son of U.S. President William H. Taft. Died 1983.

From the description of Papers of Charles P. Taft, 1816-1983 (bulk 1937-1979). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452585

Biographical Note

• 1897, Sept. 20: Born, Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1917: Married Eleanor K. Chase
• 1918: B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1921: LL.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1922: Admitted to Ohio bar
• 1927 - 1928 : Prosecuting attorney, Hamilton County, Ohio
• 1933: Published City Management: The Cincinnati Experiment. New York: Farrar & Rinehart
• 1936: Published You and I--and Roosevelt. New York: Farrar & Rinehart
• 1937 - 1942 : Member, Cincinnati, Ohio, City Council
• 1941 - 1943 : Director, United States Community War Services, Federal Security Agency
• 1944: Director, Wartime Economic Affairs, State Department
• 1945: Director, Transportation and Communications Policy, State Department Advisor, American delegation to the San Francisco Conference
• 1947 - 1948 : President, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
• 1948 - 1951 : Member, Cincinnati, Ohio, City Council
• 1952: Republican candidate for governor of Ohio
• 1955 - 1957 : Mayor, Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1955 - 1977 : Member, City Council, Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1983, June 24: Died, Cincinnati, Ohio

From the guide to the Charles P. Taft Papers, 1816-1983, (bulk 1937-1979), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)