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President William H. Taft was in the midst of a reelection campaign which at the time was creating deep divisions from within the Republican party. Though the Titanic disaster put a pause to politics, he did little to help Titanic survivors. He did not launch an investigative commission on the disaster, nor did he do the sensible thing and not have flags be lowered for a national mourning. His only positive ties to Titanic was that he spoke at the funeral of Major Archibald Butt, who was a Titanic victim and close friend of Taft's.

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