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William Howard Taft, ca.1882-1883 Autographed Distillery Warehouse Stamp When Collector of Internal

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Historical Memorabilia Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
William Howard Taft, ca.1882-1883 Autographed Distillery Warehouse Stamp When Collector of Internal
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Ohio, ND (ca.1882-1883), U/C U.S.I.R. Distillery Warehouse stamp, black on greenish boue paper, Taylor's portrait at left with counterfoil on far left, Signed by Taft in ink. William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) 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. After admission to the Ohio bar, Taft devoted himself to his job at the Commercial full-time. Halstead was willing to take him on permanently at an increased salary if he would give up the law, but Taft declined. In October 1880, Taft was appointed assistant prosecutor for Hamilton County (where Cincinnati is located), and took office the following January. Taft served for a year as assistant prosecutor, trying his share of routine cases. He resigned in January 1882 after President Chester A. Arthur appointed him Collector of Internal Revenue for Ohio's First District, an area centered on Cincinnati. Taft refused to dismiss competent employees who were politically out of favor, and resigned effective in March 1883, writing to Arthur that he wished to begin private practice in Cincinnati. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for reelection in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson 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.