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William Howard Taft by Walter Stahr
Simon & Schuster · New release

William Howard Taft

A Great American Life

Walter Stahr

Simon & Schuster · American History
Releases November 10, 2026 · ISBN 9781668012680

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About the book

The only man to hold both the presidency and the chief justiceship. Stahr argues Taft's lasting work was judicial reform, not the White House years he disliked.

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