William Howard Taft is the only person to serve as both U.S. president and Supreme Court Chief Justice during his career. The ...

He was born in Virginia, but some say there is a case to be made that he should be considered an Ohio president.

It’s always “hearts, Cupid, love” and never “analyzing history and the egregious mistakes upon which this Union was built.” ...

Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

Harrison developed pneumonia after catching a cold that day, and tragically died one month later. He's the first president to die in office.In 1909, President William Howard Taft's ceremony moved ...

DC dispatch: a veteran Inspector General stands up for the rule of law, and is escorted from her office ...

File Photo by Library of Congress/UPI In 1909, President-elect William Howard Taft sailed for Panama to ... In 1947, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone died at age 48 after suffering from syphilis.

The largest snowfall on an Inauguration Day was during President William Howard Taft's inauguration in 1909 ... such as a president's death. For instance, President Harry Truman was sworn in ...

In the challenge the President has posed to the Congress over the power to dismiss officers, we are seeing a remarkable ...

His speech consisted of a whopping 8,445 words — over 3,000 more than the next-longest inaugural address, from William Howard Taft — and lasted 1 hour and ... Harrison’s term was the shortest in U.S.