Contents

The American Presidents Series

W. H. Taft Portrait

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Editor’s Note

Introduction: Judicial President and Presidential Chief Justice

1  “A Judicial Temperament”: The Education of Judge Taft

2  “We Want Taft”: Civil Governor, Secretary of War, and President-Elect

3  “The Best Tariff Bill”: The President, Tax Reform, and Free Trade

4  “Within the Law”: The Environment, Monopolies, and Foreign Affairs

5  “Popular Unrest”: The Election of 1912 and the Battle for the Constitution

6  “I Love Judges and I Love Courts”: Chief Justice at Last

Epilogue: Our Constitutional President

Notes

Milestones

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Also by Jeffrey Rosen

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