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Taft family ties loom in insular and legal realms
Taft headed Cuban duties with strong links to Porto Rico and the Philippines. The piece traces Governor Winthrop Taft’s career from Harvard Law to assistant executive secretary roles, his governorship of Porto Rico, and family ties to Henry W Taft and Dewey, noting multiple Taft relatives in law and politics and the push to place Taft on the U S Supreme Court.
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Porto Rico
Taft
Cube
Roosevelt
Magoon
Ide
Wright
Philippines
Hubert Winthrop
Massachusetts
New York
Harvard
Harvard Law School
The
Philippine Islands
Grant
United States
Viewns
St. Petersburg
Lolo Geoius
Charles Pr Willie 1
Henry W
Nied
Mincinnati
Conmorese
Ihe
Mme le
HENRY
Tatt. Cinelquet
Times
Superior Court of
Ohio
United States Circuit Court
United States Supreme Court
Dewey
New York Tar
Stile Supreme Court
Honparitana
New Yor
Henry W. Ts
Ohba
Yale
Btreg
Baga
Winthrop
Porto Nico
Juan Poure de Leon
William Jr. Taft
Cuba
Alfonso Taft