Seth Taft Papers 1933-2008

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Seth Taft Papers 1933-2008

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Seth Chase Taft was born in 1922, the grandson of president William H. Taft and son of Cincinnati mayor Charles Phelps Taft II. Following service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Taft married Francis Prindle and began a successful career with Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue in Cleveland. Taft was involved with politics and community activities for many years, including the reformation of the Cuyahoga County Charter in the 1950s and an unsuccessful Republican candidacy for mayor of Cleveland in 1967. He served as a Cuyahoga County commissioner from 1971 to 1978. The collection consists of awards, biographical documents, campaign literature, correspondence, financial data, meetings minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, research files, and urban development proposal reports.

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Taft, Seth

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Seth Chase Taft (b. December 31, 1922) served as a Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Commissioner from 1971 until 1978. He is the grandson of American president William H. Taft and son of Cincinnati mayor Charles Phelps Taft II. He grew up with five sisters and one brother in Cincinnati, Ohio. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, he married Frances Prindle on June 19, 1943 and began a successful 40-year-long law career as an attorney specializing in business law for the...