The 43 Presidents
of the
United States of America

William Howard Taft

27th President
1909 - 1913

William Taft was the twenty-seventh president of the United States. 

Important events during President Taft's administration were:

• Robert Peary discovered the North Pole on April 6, 1909.

• The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated on February 8, 1910.

• New Mexico was admitted as the 47th state on January 6, 1912.

• Arizona was admitted as the 48th state on February 14, 1912.

• The American College of Surgeons was incorporated on November 25, 1912.

• Parcel Post Service began on January 1, 1913.

• The Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on February 25, 1913.

William Taft was:

• the sixth President born in Ohio.

• the first President to become chief justice of the United States Supreme Court.

• the first President who had been a member of the a cabinet after the Civil War.

• the first cabinet member other than a secretary of state to become President.

• the first President to have an automobile at the White House.

• the first President to throw out the first ball to open base season (April 14, 1910).

• the first President of the 48 states.