Taft
Taft may refer to:
People
- William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States and 10th Chief Justice of the United States
- The Taft family, a political dynasty that includes the above-named President:
- The Tafts of Mendon and Uxbridge, Massachusetts:
- Robert Taft, Sr., immigrant, patriarch of the Taft family, and great-great-great-great-grandfather of President Taft
- Robert Taft, 2nd, colonial-born pioneer son of Robert Taft, Sr., he founded the Tafts of Ohio
- Josiah Taft, grandson of Robert Sr and husband of Lydia Chapin Taft
- Lydia Chapin Taft, widow of Josiah and the first woman to vote in colonial America
- Peter Rawson Taft, great-great-grandson of Robert Sr, grandfather of President Taft, and a Vermont legislator
- The Tafts of Ohio:
- Alphonso Taft, Attorney General and Secretary of War of the United States, co-founder of Skull and Bones, great-great-great-grandson of Robert Sr, and father of President Taft
- Louise Taft (1827-1907), second wife of Alphonse and mother of the president
- Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945, American lawyer and brother of the president
- Charles Phelps Taft (1843–1929), American lawyer and brother of the president
- Horace Dutton Taft (1861-1943), American educator and brother of the President
- Robert A. Taft (1889–1953), United States senator from Ohio, son of the President
- Robert Taft, Jr., Robert A. Taft's son, 1960s U.S. representative and 1970s U.S. Senator from Ohio
- Bob Taft, Robert A. Taft's grandson, a governor of Ohio
- The Tafts of Mendon and Uxbridge, Massachusetts:
- Other people named Taft, but not members of the above family:
- Bill Taft, American rock musician
- George Taft, English footballer
- Lorado Taft, American sculptor
- Kevin Taft, Canadian politician
- Robert F. Taft, a Jesuit priest
Place names
- Iran
- Taft, Fars, a village in Poshtkuh-e Rostam Rural District
- Taft, Yazd, a city in Yazd Province
- Taft County, a county in Yazd Province that includes the above city
- Philippines
- United States
- Taft, California
- Taft, California, former name of Cromberg, California
- Taft, Florida
- Taft, Kentucky
- Taft, Louisiana
- Taft, Minnesota
- Taft, Montana
- Taft, Oklahoma
- Taft, Oregon
- Taft, Tennessee
- Taft, Texas
- Taft, Virginia
- Taft, Wisconsin, a town
- The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, founded by Horace Dutton Taft
Other uses
- Taft Broadcasting, a former media conglomerate controlled by the Taft family
- Synonym for Taffeta
- A character in The Tick
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