William Howard Taft III

See also: Taft family

William Howard Taft III


United States Ambassador to Ireland
In office 1953–1957
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Francis P. Matthews
Succeeded by	Scott McLeod
Personal details
Born	(1915-08-07)August 7, 1915
Died	February 23, 1991(1991-02-23) (aged 75)
Political party	Republican
Relations	William Howard Taft (grandfather) Helen Herron Taft (grandmother)
Children	William Howard Taft IV
Parents	Robert A. Taft Martha Wheaton Bowers Taft
Profession	Diplomat

William Howard Taft III (August 7, 1915 — February 23, 1991), an American diplomat, was a grandson of President William Howard Taft and First Lady Helen Louise "Nellie" Taft who served as U.S. ambassador to Ireland from 1953 to 1957.^[1] He was the eldest of four sons born to Robert Alphonso Taft and Martha Wheaton Bowers. His task as ambassador was made easier by the fact that John A. Costello (Taoiseach, 1954–57) was a personal friend; Taft described Costello as "pleasant and unassuming" whereas he had found Éamon de Valera "formal and aloof". (His predecessor, George A. Garrett, had also found Costello more sympathetic than De Valera.) Taft played a considerable part in organizing Costello's successful State visit to the United States in March 1956. Taft was also a member of the Metropolitan Club of Washington, D.C., until at least the mid-1980s, perhaps later. Taft was the father of William Howard Taft IV.^[2]

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Interview with William Howard Taft III (1987)

United States Ambassadors to Ireland

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Irish Free State (1927–50)	Frederick A. Sterling (1927–34) W. W. McDowell (1934) Alvin M. Owsley (1935–37) John Cudahy (1937–40) David Gray (1940–47) George A. Garrett (1947–50)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1950–present)	George A. Garrett (1950–51) Francis P. Matthews (1951–52) William Howard Taft III (1953–57) R. W. Scott McLeod (1957–61) Edward G. Stockdale (1961–62) Matthew H. McCloskey (1962–64) Raymond R. Guest (1965–68) Leo J. Sheridan (1968–69) John D. J. Moore (1969–75) Walter J. P. Curley, Jr. (1975–77) William V. Shannon (1977–81) William E. McCann (1981) (acting) Peter H. Dailey (1982–84) Robert F. Kane (1984–85) Margaret M. O'Shaughnessy Heckler (1985–89) Richard Anthony Moore (1989–92) William Henry Gerald FitzGerald (1992–93) Jean Kennedy Smith (1993–98) Michael J. Sullivan (1999–2001) Richard J. Egan (2001–03) James C. Kenny (2003–06) Thomas C. Foley (2006–09) Daniel M. Rooney (2009–2012) Kevin O'Malley (2014–present)

William Howard Taft

10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930) 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) 42nd United States Secretary of War (1904-1908) 6th United States Solicitor General (1890-1892)

Presidency	1909 inauguration Dollar Diplomacy Income Tax amendment Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act Mann–Elkins Act Defense Secrets Act of 1911 Commission on Economy and Efficiency U.S. occupation of Nicaragua United States Chamber of Commerce Ceremonial first pitch State of the Union Address 1912 Cabinet Judicial appointments Supreme Court First Oval Office

Chief Justice, Supreme Court	Supreme Court career Judiciary Act of 1925 Certiorari Creation of the Supreme Court Building Taft Court cases

Other actions	Taft Commission Insular Government Philippines Civil Governor, 1901-1904 Taft–Katsura Agreement 1906-1909 Occupation of Cuba League to Enforce Peace National War Labor Board

Life and legacy	Early life Birthplace, home, and historic site Woodbury Point Taft Bridge Postage stamps

Elections	1908 Republican National Convention 1908 U.S. presidential election 1912 Republican National Convention 1912 U.S. presidential election

Family	Helen Herron Taft (wife) Robert Taft (son) Helen Taft Manning (daughter) Charles Phelps Taft II (son) Robert Taft, Jr. (grandson) William Howard Taft III (grandson) Seth Taft (grandson) Alphonso Taft (father) Louise Taft (mother) Charles Phelps Taft (brother) Henry Waters Taft (brother) Horace Dutton Taft (brother) Peter Rawson Taft (paternal grandfather)

Related	Progressive Era

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