Taft, Robert A. (1889-1953)
- Name:
- Taft, Robert A. (1889-1953)
- Title:
- Member, Ohio House of Representatives, 1921-1931
Member, Ohio State Senate, 1931-1933
Member, United States Senate, Ohio, 1939-1953
Senate Majority Leader, 1953 - Other Names:
- Taft, Robert Alphonso
- Born:
- 09/08/1889
- Birthplace:
- Cincinnati, OH
- Died:
- 07/31/1953
- Death Location:
- New York, NY
- Residence:
- Cincinnati, OH
- Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Lawyer
- Father:
- Taft, William Howard (1857-1930)
- Mother:
- Herron, Helen Louise (1861-1943)
- Relations:
- Sibling: Charles Phelps Taft III
- Spouse:
- Bowers, Martha Wheaton (1889-1958), October 17, 1914
- Children:
- William Howard
Robert Alphonso
Lloyd Bowers
Horace Dwight - Notes:
- Presidential candidate, 1940, 1948, 1952
Ran in NH primary, 1952
Patterson, James T. "Robert Alphonso Taft". Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 5: 1951�1955. American Council of Learned Societies, 1977.
Patterson, James T. Mr. Republican: A Biography of Robert A. Taft, 1972.
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