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William H. Taft
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a fulltime position in the Federal Government.
EDUCATION: In 1874, Taft graduated from Cincinnati's Woodward High School. Like most of his family, he attended Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut. At Yale, he was a member of Skull and Bones, the secret society co-founded by his father in 1832, as well as the Beta chapter of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. His college friends knew him by the nickname "Old Bill". In 1878, Taft graduated from Yale, ranking second in his class out of 191. After college, he attended Cincinnati Law School, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1880. While in law school, he worked on the area newspaper The Cincinnati Commercial.[5]
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: My first job upon completion of law school was Assistant Prosecutor of Hamilton County. In 1887, I was appointed Judge on the Cincinnati Superior Court. I served as U.S. Solicitor General from 1890 to 1892 and then as Judge on the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court. From 1896 to 1900, I was also a professor of law and then dean of the Cincinnati Law School. In 1900, I was appointed Commissioner of the Philippines. It was my job to insure the establishment of civil administration in the Philippines, which the United States had just acquired in the Spanish-American War. From 1901 to 1904, I served as the Governor General of the Philippines. From 1904 to 1908, I was Secretary of War in the Roosevelt administration.
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a fulltime position in the Federal Government.
EDUCATION: In 1874, Taft graduated from Cincinnati's Woodward High School. Like most of his family, he attended Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut. At Yale, he was a member of Skull and Bones, the secret society co-founded by his father in 1832, as well as the Beta chapter of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. His college friends knew him by the nickname "Old Bill". In 1878, Taft graduated from Yale, ranking second in his class out of 191. After college, he attended Cincinnati Law School, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1880. While in law school, he worked on the area newspaper The Cincinnati Commercial.[5]
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: My first job upon completion of law school was Assistant Prosecutor of Hamilton County. In 1887, I was appointed Judge on the Cincinnati Superior Court. I served as U.S. Solicitor General from 1890 to 1892 and then as Judge on the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court. From 1896 to 1900, I was also a professor of law and then dean of the Cincinnati Law School. In 1900, I was appointed Commissioner of the Philippines. It was my job to insure the establishment of civil administration in the Philippines, which the United States had just acquired in the Spanish-American War. From 1901 to 1904, I served as the Governor General of the Philippines. From 1904 to 1908, I was Secretary of War in the Roosevelt administration.
