Senator Robert A. Taft collection [graphic]. 1936-1953.

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Senator Robert A. Taft collection [graphic]. 1936-1953.

Photographs of Senator Taft from the files of the New York Daily News complete with captions and dates.

197 photoprints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller + magazine articles.

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Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1853

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Robert A. Taft More than "Mr. Republican" In 1947, Republican Senator Robert A. Taft was at the peak of his power, commanding a coalition of conservative Republicans and southern Democrats to thwart President Harry S. Truman's domestic agenda. Taft's most impressive achievement came in June. The labor-restricting Taft-Hartley Act survived Truman's veto and won Taft the admiration of the press corps. Yet he did not seek the highest political office in the Senate; indeed, the title "majority...

Taft family.

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