William Howard Taft Thanks Benjamin Harrison’s Son, Russell, for his Congratulations Upon Winning the Presidential Election
The heir to a great political dynasty showing his support for the incoming Republican president.
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William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States, serving from 1909-1913, and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, presiding over the court from 1921–1930. He is the only person to have served in both of these offices. After graduating from Yale in 1878, Taft began...
William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States, serving from 1909-1913, and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, presiding over the court from 1921–1930. He is the only person to have served in both of these offices.
After graduating from Yale in 1878, Taft began his legal career as an Assistant Prosecutor in Cincinnati, Ohio and quickly became active politically. In 1887, Taft was appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati and in 1890, President Benjamin Harrison appointed him Solicitor General of the United States. At age 32, he was the youngest ever Solicitor General. In 1892 Harrison appointed Taft to serve on the newly created US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
After serving as Governor-General of the Philippines, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Taft Secretary of War in 1904. This appointment by Roosevelt was an effort on his part to groom Taft, then his close political ally, as his handpicked successor. Taft was nominated as his party's presidential nominee in 1908, and he won an easy victory in his bid for the presidency.
Russell Benjamin Harrison was the son of Benjamin Harrison and the great-grandson of President William Henry Harrison. Long a supporter of the Republican Party, and coming from a prominent political family with ties to Taft, he wrote Taft a letter of congratulations on winning the presidential election.
In this Typed Letter Signed on personal letterhead, Washington, D.C., December 10, 1908, Taft writes to Harrison after receiving the latter’s congratulations. “My dear Colonel Harrison: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of congratulation, received at the time of the election, and to thank you for sending it and for your kind words of greeting and good wishes. Very sincerely yours, William H Taft”.
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