William Howard Taft
/ˌwɪljəm ˌhaʊəd ˈtæft/
/ˌwɪljəm ˌhaʊərd ˈtæft/
- (1857-1930) the 27th US President (1909-13). He was a Republican who had earlier been the US Secretary of War (1904). As President, he created the Department of Labor and continued the foreign policies of President Theodore Roosevelt. He was later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1921-30), and is the only person to have been the head of two different divisions of the US government.
威廉·霍华德·塔夫脱(William Howard Taft):(1857-1930)第27任美国总统(1909-13)。他是共和党人,此前曾担任美国战争大臣(1904年)。作为总统,他创建了劳工部,并继续执行西奥多·罗斯福总统的外交政策。他后来担任最高法院首席大法官(1921-30),并且是唯一担任过美国政府两个不同部门的负责人的人。