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30. Apr. 2024 · Helen Louise Herron was born on June 2, 1861, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father, Judge John Williamson Herron, was a college classmate of Benjamin Harrison and a law partner of Rutherford B. Hayes. Helen, who was called “Nellie,” attended private schools and attended the University of Cincinnati. She worked as a teacher prior to her marriage to William Taft.
When Herron was 18 years old, she met William Howard Taft. They were married in 1886. William Howard Taft and Helen Herron Taft had three children: Robert A. Taft (1889-1953), United States Senator from Ohio. Helen Taft Manning (1891-1987), Professor at Bryn Mawr College. Charles Phelps Taft II (1897-1983), mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Helen Herron TaftAmerican First Lady Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943) supported her sometimes reluctant husband, William Howard Taft, from his early judicial posts in Ohio through his presidency and final years as a Supreme Court justice. Ambitious and energetic, Taft had a lifelong interest in politics and was the first presidential spouse to publish her memoirs. Her descendants have remained ...
Helen Louise Herron “Nellie” Taft (June 2, 1861 – May 22, 1943) was the wife of William Howard Taft and First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the fourth child of Judge John Williamson Herron (1827–1912), a law partner of Rutherford B. Hayes, and Harriet Collins-Herron (1833–1901), Nellie ...
Mrs. Taft was very involved with her husband’s administration and her own First Lady duties. She is best known for helping to bring the famous cherry blossom trees to Washington, D.C. In May 1909, Helen Taft suffered a paralyzing stroke that nearly ended her productive time as First Lady. Nursed back to health by her husband, her final, and largest, social event celebrated the Tafts’ 25 th ...
9. Apr. 2015 · A plan was formed and Mrs. Taft selected a site for a bandstand to hold Marine Band concerts in the park on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. The Boulevard, Potomac Park, Washington, D.C., ca. 1910. “I have taken the matter up and am promised the trees,” First Lady Helen Taft told Scidmore on April 7, 1909, “but I thought perhaps it ...
Helen Louise Herron "Nellie" Taft, född som Helen Herron 2 juni 1861 i Cincinnati, Ohio, död 22 maj 1943 i Washington, D.C., var en amerikansk presidentfru 1909-1913, gift med USA :s 27:e president, William Howard Taft.
