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{{quote|"I do not remember that I was ever President."|'''William Howard Taft''', reflecting on his career as Chief Justice}}
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American president from 1909-1913. Also served as [http://www.philippine-history.org/images/Willam-Howard-Taft.jpg Governer-General of the Philippines] from 1901-1903 (they named an avenue after him), and Chief Justice of the United States from 1921-1930. New Mexico and Arizona became states during his Presidency.
One probably apocryphal legend credits him for [
Known for [[Adipose Rex|being pretty heavy]] and [[Never Live It Down|once getting stuck in his own bathtub]]. [[More Information Than You Require|We also all know that the Oval Office used to be called the Round Office until he walked in.]] Funny enough, his presidency led to at least 80 pounds' weight loss, and he became more interested in the outdoors afterward. As ''[[The Daily Show|America: The Book]]'' pointed out, he was also the only President to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, but [[Rule of Funny|nobody remembers that.]]
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The last President to have a moustache, or indeed, facial hair of any kind, possibly reflecting a rather unfortunate [[Good Hair, Evil Hair|bias against it]]. Also the first president to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
=== Taft in fiction ===▼
{{tropelist|Tropes personified by Taft}}
* [[Big Eater]]: He was prone to this when stressed. He had a diet for combating the weight gain he switched to whenever his weight was getting dangerously unhealthy that still let him eat a lot, but was more healthy for him long-term.
* [[Big Fun]]: He was a jolly, genial man according to all accounts, not to mention a big baseball fan.
* [[Discontinuity]]: His own take on his being President is that it didn't happen, mostly because he felt he had achieved much more as a judge than as President.
* [[Fat Bastard]]: To his enemies, though it was almost always other things aside from his weight that they didn't like.
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: The weight gain he had came from the low periods of his life. When he was not in a bad place and doing work he enjoyed, he was much slimmer and healthier looking.
* [[Principles Zealot]]: Taft was an intensely fierce advocate of rules and settling things by rule of law, which is part of the reason he was happier as a judge than he was as President.
* [[Urban Legend of Zelda]]: The bit about him getting stuck in his own bathtub [https://web.archive.org/web/20160529063346/http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2013/02/why-william-howard-taft-was-probably-never-stuck-in-his-bathtub/ stemmed from a lot of assumption, mostly because his bathtub had a big crack in it at one point].
* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: Used to be friends with [[Theodore Roosevelt]] until their political differences caused them to grow apart, a split [[Woodrow Wilson]] took advantage of in the 1912 elections. They did manage to reconcile before Roosevelt's death.
== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Tales Designed to Thrizzle]],'' he's in show biz with Asp, billed as Asp'n'Taft.▼
== Film ==
* In ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]'', Theodore Brewster believes that he's [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and, after being told his term is up, he mistakes someone else for Taft trying to move in early.
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Montgomery Burns' mother had an affair with him, for which Monty never forgave her. Homer, conversely, was rather impressed ("Taft, you old dog!")▼
* In ''[[Ozy and Millie (Webcomic)|Ozy and Millie]]'', Llewellyn [http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20011208.html claims] to be responsible for the bathtub thing.▼
* Taft appears as a villain in an episode of ''[[Time Squad (Animation)|Time Squad]]''.▼
* In ''[[Johnny Dangerously]]'' during the flashback to Johnny's childhood, which is set in 1910, shows some silent documentary footage of Taft giving a speech while Johnny comments on the quality of life in America at the time.
* In ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter & friends go to a sex shop where he finds "vintage porn" featuring a woman voting for Taft.▼
== Literature ==
* ''[[Histeria (Animation)|Histeria]]'' sang about him to the tune of the theme from - you guessed it - ''[[Shaft]]''.▼
{{quote| '''Froggo''': Taft was the first president to use cars instead of horses.<br />▼
'''Toast''': And the first president to throw out the first pitch at a baseball game.<br />▼
'''Charity''': That's worth ''something'', isn't it? }}▼
▲* In ''[[Tales Designed to Thrizzle]],'' he's in show biz with Asp, billed as Asp'n'Taft.
* He appears in the TL-191 series by [[Harry Turtledove]] as a Democratic politician (the Democrats being the more right-wing of the parties in the rump USA) and later on so does his son Robert.
* President Taft's secret pony brigade from [[Film Cow]].▼
* In ''[[Nuzlocke Comics|Hale's Emerald Nuzlocke Adventure]]'', Glacia's Walrien briefly turns into Taft, which of course sets up the joke of [[Theodore Roosevelt|Teddy]] the Machoke caving his face in.▼
* The book ''Taft 2012'' depicts a Taft who fell asleep on the day of Wilson's inauguration and woke up in the 21st Century. He promptly begins a run for President, adapting his Progressivism and trust-busting to our modern woes.
== Music ==
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6MsGsNkFqI William Howard Taft]" is a catchy ragtime number by the Two Man Gentleman Band that details Taft's prodigious size.
== Web Comics ==
▲* In ''[[
▲* In ''[[Nuzlocke Comics|Hale's Emerald Nuzlocke Adventure]]'', Glacia's Walrien briefly turns into Taft, which of course sets up the joke of [[Theodore Roosevelt|Teddy]] the Machoke caving his face in.
== Western Animation ==
▲* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Montgomery Burns' mother had an affair with him, for which Monty never forgave her. Homer, conversely, was rather impressed ("Taft, you old dog!")
▲* In ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter & friends go to a sex shop where he finds "vintage porn" featuring a woman voting for Taft.
▲* ''[[Histeria
▲* President Taft's secret pony brigade from ''[[Film Cow]]''.
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