President Taft Bathtub
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President taft bathtub. Also president taft had an extra large tub in the white house to accommodate his size. Another tub installed in the taft hotel near yale where the former president lived after his one term in office ended was eight feet long four feet wide and four feet deep trivia happy says. Reported in the new york tribune and repeated in many other papers it happened on june 18 1915 two years after taft left the presidency. And president william howard taft got stuck in a bathtub and then got unstuck.
This is his story. Indeed just weeks after taft s 1908 election the captain of a warship carrying the president elect to inspect the panama canal re quested a super sized bathtub capable of holding the heftiest. The super tub came from. Taft may never have gotten stuck in a tub but he did push one to the limits and beyond.
William howard taft september 15 1857 march 8 1930 was the 27th president of the united states 1909 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the united states 1921 1930 the only person to have held both offices. He retired from the job on february 3 1930 due to bad health. The weight of presidency hippo re how taft may have gotten out of the tub lori bman president who got stuck in a bathtub best design 2017 did america s largest. In 1921 taft was appointed by warren harding to be the 10th chief justice of the united states supreme court making taft the only former president to become chief justice.
The tub remained in the white house until it was being removed during a renovation. It s true that weight was an issue for taft who weighed in at 340 pounds on a 5 11 5 frame. Taft was the most obese president. Taft was elected president in 1908 the chosen successor of theodore roosevelt but was defeated for re election by woodrow wilson in 1912 after roosevelt split the.