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Taft as Secretary of War and Philippine Adviser
William H Taft shaped the Philippines policy as Secretary of War under Roosevelt and adviser to the President He oversaw colonial affairs and the Panama Canal project while directing the War Department He married Helen Herron in 1886 and fathered three children Robert Alphonso Helen and Charles Phleps Jr
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Mr. Taft
Taft
Jslands
War Department
Elihu Root
United States
Panama Canal
Baa
William 8. Taft
Mies Helen Herron
John W. Herron
Cincinnati
Robert Alphonso
Yale
Helen
Bryn Mawr
Charles Phlepa
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