William Howard Taft never wanted to be president and yearned instead to serve as chief justice of the United States. But despite his ambivalence about politics, the former federal judge found success in the executive branch as governor of the Philippines and secretary of war, and he won a resounding victory in the presidential election of 1908 as Theodore Roosevelt's handpicked successor.
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Pursuit of Liberty : How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America
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The Lion of Round Top
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Given Up for Dead
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Eyes on the Horizon
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Check Six!
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The Jedburghs
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Adams vs. Jefferson
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The Crooked Path to Abolition : Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
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