1857 - 1930
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for reelection in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Howard Taft has received more than 9,372,410 page views. His biography is available in 117 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 115 in 2019). William Howard Taft is the 1,004th most popular politician, the 311th most popular biography from United States (down from 292nd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Politician.
William Howard Taft is most famous for being the 27th President of the United States. He served as president from 1909 to 1913.
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Among politicians, William Howard Taft ranks 1,004 out of 15,710. Before him are Philip III of Macedon, Alfonso VI of León and Castile, Jiang Qing, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Władysław III of Poland, and Adolphe Thiers. After him are Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Jérôme Bonaparte, Frederick III of Denmark, Dionysius I of Syracuse, Wojciech Jaruzelski, and James I of Aragon.
359 BC - 317 BC
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 998
1040 - 1109
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 999
1914 - 1991
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 1,000
795 - 858
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 1,001
1424 - 1444
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 1,002
1797 - 1877
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 1,003
1857 - 1930
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 1,004
628 - 683
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 1,005
1784 - 1860
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 1,006
1609 - 1670
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 1,007
430 BC - 366 BC
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 1,008
1923 - 2014
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 1,009
1208 - 1276
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 1,010
Among people born in 1857, William Howard Taft ranks 14. Before him are Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Henrik Pontoppidan, Alfonso XII of Spain, and Ruggero Leoncavallo. After him are Alfred Binet, Theo van Gogh, Eugen Bleuler, Paul Doumer, Antoni Grabowski, and Axel Munthe. Among people deceased in 1930, William Howard Taft ranks 6. Before him are Arthur Conan Doyle, Fridtjof Nansen, Alfred Wegener, Ilya Repin, and Vladimir Mayakovsky. After him are Zewditu, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Allvar Gullstrand, D. H. Lawrence, Cosima Wagner, and Horst Wessel.
1857 - 1944
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 8
1857 - 1919
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 9
1857 - 1935
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 10
1857 - 1943
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 11
1857 - 1885
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 12
1857 - 1919
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 13
1857 - 1930
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 14
1857 - 1911
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 15
1857 - 1891
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 16
1857 - 1939
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 17
1857 - 1932
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 18
1857 - 1921
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 19
1857 - 1949
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 20
1859 - 1930
HPI: 86.29
Rank: 1
1861 - 1930
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 2
1880 - 1930
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 3
1844 - 1930
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 4
1893 - 1930
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 5
1857 - 1930
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 6
1876 - 1930
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 7
1870 - 1930
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 8
1862 - 1930
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 9
1885 - 1930
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 10
1837 - 1930
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 11
1907 - 1930
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, William Howard Taft ranks 311 out of 15,968. Before him are Eminem (1972), William Jennings Bryan (1860), Geraldine Chaplin (1944), Roy Lichtenstein (1923), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), and Nick Nolte (1941). After him are Bruce Springsteen (1949), Kevin Costner (1955), Brian Wilson (1942), Raymond Chandler (1888), Napoleon Hill (1883), and Herman Hollerith (1860).
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 305
1860 - 1925
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 306
1944 - Present
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 307
1923 - 1997
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 308
1789 - 1851
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 309
1941 - Present
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 310
1857 - 1930
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 311
1949 - Present
HPI: 76.36
Rank: 312
1955 - Present
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 313
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 314
1888 - 1959
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 315
1883 - 1970
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 316
1860 - 1929
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 317
Among politicians born in United States, William Howard Taft ranks 42. Before him are Benjamin Harrison (1833), Andrew Jackson (1767), Dick Cheney (1941), Jerry Brown (1938), William Henry Harrison (1773), and William Jennings Bryan (1860). After him are James Madison (1751), Zachary Taylor (1784), Grover Cleveland (1837), Calvin Coolidge (1872), Andrew Johnson (1808), and James A. Garfield (1831).
1833 - 1901
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 36
1767 - 1845
HPI: 77.62
Rank: 37
1941 - Present
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 38
1938 - Present
HPI: 77.14
Rank: 39
1773 - 1841
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 40
1860 - 1925
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 41
1857 - 1930
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 42
1751 - 1836
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 43
1784 - 1850
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 44
1837 - 1908
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 45
1872 - 1933
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 46
1808 - 1875
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 47
1831 - 1881
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 48