Robert Taft, Jr.
July, 1971
The Tafts of Ohio are probably the most distinguished family of Republicans in G. O. P. history. In the early years of this century, William Howard Taft was Teddy Roosevelt's Secretary of War, then his hand-picked successor as President and later Chief Justice of the United States. In the Forties and early Fifties, his son, Robert A. Taft--"Mr. Republican"--was a formidable power in the Senate, a staunch traditionalist and conservative, who was edged out of his party's Presidential nom...
