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William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...
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1909
8.18.1909
Mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.
1912
12.19.1912
William H. Van Schaick, captain of the steamship ''General Slocum'' which caught fire and killed over 1,000 people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after three-and-a-half-years in Sing Sing prison.
1921
6.30.1921
U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States.
7.11.1921
Former U.S. President William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person to ever be both President and Chief Justice.