Wm. H. Taft considered his greatest honor becoming Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
Taft considered his greatest honor becoming Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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After his presidency, he served as Professor of Law at Yale until President Harding made him Chief Justice of the United States, a position he held until just before his death in 1930. To Taft, the appointment was his greatest honor; he wrote: "I don't remember that I ever was President."
That would be William Howard Taft, who was not just a Justice, but the Chief Justice.
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Chief Justice William Howard Taft had this honor in 1925.
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