Taft family

imagine what our former president, William Taft, had to yell when he got stuck in the white house bath tub? Well we may never know, but we can learn about Taft, his presidency, and the life in 1908. The life of William Howard Taft was a very simple, yet very impressive. He accomplished alot throughout his life. Which all started September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati Ohio.(Biography.com) Since Taft was one of the earlier presidents he had a lot of firsts that other presidents didn't get to achieve. Although a lot of presidents loved to play golf, Taft was the very first to play it as a hobby while he was in office. (Biography.com) Another sports related first would be throwing the first presidential pitch on baseball opening day back in…

Helen Herron Taft was born seven months before Mrs. Roosevelt on January 2, 1861 to a wealthy family in Cincinnati. She grew up in a family of politicians and lawyers – her father was a state senator and appointed the U.S. Attorney by President Benjamin Harrison. Her father was Judge John Williamson Herron, a college classmate with President Harrison and a law partner of President Rutherford B. Hayes. Her mother, Harriet Collins Herron, was the daughter and the sister of American…

steward of the people” he viewed it was his job, to the best of his abilities, to ensure the nation’s social and economic welfare and protect the people (Milkis and Nelson 230). Although Roosevelt was not the first president to expand the executive powers, he was the first to broaden authority during a time of peace with no intent of curbing them. Embracing the Progressive movement to its fullest, Roosevelt sought to establish the president as a representative of social and economic reform…

the people of America needed to view Jesus as a positive political figure, involved in everything this country gets itself involved in. He states, “I recommend that the people [of America] thank the Almighty for the many and great blessings they have received in the past, and to pray that they may be given the strength so to order their lives as to deserve a continuation of these blessings in the future” (“God in the White House”, n.p.). President Roosevelt recognized the substantial impact…

The progressive era in America was a time for moving forward and updating time worn ways. Starting in 1890, the progressive era spanned 30 years and ended in 1920. The progressive era was supported mostly by middle and upper class citizens because the reforms were not reared toward citizens whose main priority was trying to support their family, such as immigrants or the urban poor. The reformers were more aimed to fixing the issues in the government. Issues such as corruption and bribery were…

strikes, and when foods and drugs were being processed poorly (Cooper 77-79). Although Roosevelt did use his power to advocate, he also demonstrated his weaknesses by assuming his legacy. Roosevelt’s confidence and popularity before and during his time in office influenced him into assuming a legacy of his policies to fight for the average Americans and against big business (Cooper 79). Roosevelt’s strong sense of confidence, American nationalism, and American exceptionalism which at times…

Roosevelt was born in Manhattan, New York. His parents being Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Marith Roosevelt (“Theodore”). When Roosevelt was young, he had asthma (Marrin 20). Roosevelt’s family traveled to Europe when he was young, but the trip was spoiled because of Theodore getting asthma. Theodore Sr. was tired of changing plans because of Theodore Jr. being sick, so he told his son that he had to make his body. So Theodore Sr. enrolled his son in a gymnasium ran by a professional trainer.…

men. This led to a corruption of the country’s democratic system. No longer did everyone have an equal voice. The wealthy began to control the political leaders. In the years since, American people have attempted to maintain their country’s democracy in many ways. Each generation has been confronted with the nearly impossible battle of maintaining true democracy in the face of industrial capitalism. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the spread of large corporations contributed…

the people, made mundane journalists took to the papers in order to expose the cruel working society. Muckrakers, or these journalists, would use their journal and writing skills to show the “corruption” of political and business leaders that dominated the industrial scene. These Muckrakers were very influential and provided many precedents for the media in today's society, by exercising their freedom of press. Defining freedom is a very hard topic to progress on due to the various opinions…

diligently for a practical textbook on the subject and found-not one. Finally they approached one of the world’s outstanding authorities on adult education and asked him if he knew of any book that met the needs of this group. “No,” he replied, "I know what those adults want. But the book they need has never been written.” I knew from experience that this statement was true, for I myself had been searching for years to discover a practical, working handbook on human relations. Since no such book…