William Howard Taft Quotes
Their methods of doing things are so very different from ours [Taft and his staff], and the people will welcome a change..
General Arthur MacArthur and the Army Taft was the Governor General of the Philippines who was taking over from General Arthur MacArthur and the Army who were very unpopular. See {639174} and {639173}.
William Howard Taft, 1857-1930, 27th President of the United States (Republican, OH) Letter to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, January 7, 1901
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The American army which had occupied the Philippines before Taft was appointed Governor General was extremely racist and discriminatory towards the Philippine people. Taft and his wife invited Filipinos to the Governor’s mansion and socialized with them whereas the Army officers and men never did. See {639174}.
The South at the time had a virtual caste system with a few families in each area controlling and leading. Many Unionists from the argued that the lower and middle class whites had to be given more power and education about their rights. Of course the controlling families had a strong vested interest to see that Reconstruction failed and the “Yankees” were hated. Anti-Negro racism was just a part of the motivation. Maintaining the elite families power of the pre-war political culture was also critical. The Northern Reconstuctionists were therefore twice dangerous.
In China, the religious activities of the Missionaries never really lead to the many troubles between the missionaries and the Chinese. It was their activities in the non-religious arenas articulated here by Denby.
- Born: September 15, 1857
- Died: March 8, 1930
- Nationality: American
- Profession: President
William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for reelection by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice, a position he held until a month before his death.
