CNNW Race For The White House March 9, 2020
On march 4th, 1909, republican William Howard taft was sworn in as the 27th president of the United States of america. Hed been solicitor general and a successful secretary of war for four years. An obvious choice. But theres a problem. Taft doesnt want to be president. Taft is not really a politician. In fact, taft admitted to his wife he hated politics. Taft is a very figure but hes a lawyer and had been a judge and really his greatest ambition was never to be president. It was to be Supreme Court justice. Two people that pushed taft in the running for the top job. One was his wife nelly. Sh...