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The Taft family is an American political family of English descent, with origins in Massachusetts. [1] Its members have served in the states of Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island, Utah, and Vermont, and the United States federal government, in various positions such as representative (two), governor of Ohio, governor of Rhode Island, senator (three), secretary of agriculture, attorney general ...
Born in 1954, [14] John Godfrey Taft [16] was raised in New Haven, Connecticut. Taft and his two brothers are grandsons of Senator Robert A. Taft [5] and great-grandsons of former United States President William Howard Taft. [5] [3] [4] [6] [14] Their father Horace Dwight Taft worked as dean of Yale College. [16]
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The Taft family in America One of the first known European settlers in Uxbridge, was Robert Taft Sr., in 1680, in the western part of Mendon, Massachusetts, which later became known as Uxbridge. [1] He established the famous Taft family, a later political dynasty in the United States. He established his first permanent homestead here in 1680. [1]
The Taft family, a political dynasty that includes the above-named president: The Tafts of Mendon and Uxbridge, Massachusetts: Robert Taft Sr. (c. 1640–1725), immigrant, patriarch of the Taft family, and ancestor of President Taft; Robert Taft, 2nd (1674–1748), colonial-born pioneer son of Robert Taft Sr., he founded the Tafts of Ohio
Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (February 26, 1917 – December 7, 1993) was an American politician. He was a member of the Taft family who served as a Republican Representative from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971. Taft also served as a U.S. Senator between 1971 and 1976.