No. William Howard Taft NEVER served in uniform, but he was Secretary of War.
William Howard Taft was secretary of war under Roosevelt's administration.
Successor to Theodore Roosevelt - William Howard Taft. Successor to Franklin Roosevelt - Harry S. Truman
secretary of war
The father of William Howard Taft (1857-1930), 27th President of the United States and 10th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, was Alphonso Taft, a prominent Republican who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant The father of William Howard Taft III (1915-1991), US Ambassador to Ireland, was Robert Alphonso Taft. The father of William Howard Taft IV, was William Howard Taft III.
William Howard Taft.
William Howard Taft was the military governor of the Philippines soon after the US occupied them as a result of the Spanish-American war.
William Howard Taft (born September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio; died March 8, 1930 in Washington DC) served as the 27th President of the United States between March 4, 1909 and March 4, 1913.Taft also served as the 10th Chief Justice of the United States, the 42nd United States secretary of war, the 1st Provisional Governor of Cuba, the 1st US Governor General of the Philippines, the Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the sixth Solicitor General of the United States.
William Howard Taft never served in uniform, although he was Secretary of War.
William Howard Taft's favorite book was War and Peace by Suzzane B. Anthony.
William Howard Taft was an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Hamilton County, Ohio; Judge on the Ohio Supreme Court; Federal Circuit Court Judge; Civil Governor of the Philippines and US Secretary of War.
William Howard Taft was succeeded by Woodrow Wilson, who became the 28th President of the United States. Wilson, a Democrat, won the 1912 presidential election, defeating Taft, the incumbent Republican, and former President Theodore Roosevelt, who ran as a Progressive. Wilson's presidency focused on progressive reforms and navigating the complexities of World War I.
Woodrow Wilson was the US President from 1913 - 1921. He was preceeded by William Howard Taft.