Taft Dies: Only Man to Lead Both Branches
William Howard Taft died weeks after resigning as Chief Justice, the only person to serve as both U.S. President and head of the Supreme Court. His presidency broke up more monopolies through antitrust suits than Theodore Roosevelt's, while his later tenure on the bench modernized the federal judiciary and secured the Court its own dedicated building.
March 8, 1930
96 years ago
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