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Peter Rawson Taft (April 14, 1785 – January 1, 1867) was an American lawyer, judge, and legislator. His son Alphonso Taft served as the U.S. Secretary of War (1876), and U.S. Attorney General (1876–1877).
President William Howard Taft's grandfather, Peter Rawson Taft I, was born in Uxbridge in 1785. The Hon. Bezaleel Taft Sr., Lydia's son, left a legacy of five generations or more of public service, including at least three generations in the state legislature of Tafts in Massachusetts.
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3 de nov. de 2018 · Peter Rawson Taft was the eldest son of Rhoda Rawson and Aaron Taft. He was fourteen years old when the Tafts came to Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, in December of 1799. P.R. came all the way from Uxbridge MA on foot, driving the family cow.
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- April 14, 1785
- Sylvia (Howard) Taft
- January 1, 1867
When Peter Rawson Taft was born on 14 April 1785, in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Aaron Taft, was 41 and his mother, Rhoda Rawson, was 35. He married Sylvia Howard on 5 December 1810, in Townshend, Windham, Republic of Vermont.
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- Sylvia Howard
William Howard Taft was born into the powerful Taft family September 15, 1857, near Cincinnati, Ohio as[3] the son of Louisa Torrey and Alphonso Taft. His paternal grandfather was Peter Rawson Taft, a descendant of Robert Taft I, the first Taft in America, who settled in Colonial Massachusetts.
28 de nov. de 2018 · Taft gained fame for his leadership in a dispute between the State of Maine and the Passamaquoddy Tribe. The congressional settlement, which set the table for several ensuing Indian land rights cases, included $54 million for land acquisition on behalf of the Passamaquoddy and two other tribes.
