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This 4 page paper discusses William Howard Taft’s foreign policy, which was popularly known as “Dollar Diplomacy.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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described by the White House web site as a "distinguished jurist, effective administrator, but poor politician," who spent "four uncomfortable years in the White House" (William Howard Taft, 2007). He
apparently had no taste for, or skill in, the political battles between parties that have turned politics from a potentially noble calling-helping others-into something truly ugly. Because he was unable
to cope with this infighting, he has gotten "scant credit for the achievements of his administration" (William Howard Taft, 2007). Tafts progress to the Presidency came via a series of
judiciary appointments, as well as through his "own competence," and because he was available at the time the offices became vacant (William Howard Taft, 2007). In 1900, President McKinley sent
Taft to the Philippines as "chief civil administrator" (William Howard Taft, 2007). Taft proved to by sympathetic to the Filipinos, and during his tenure he "improved the economy, built roads
and schools, and gave the people at least some participation in government" (William Howard Taft, 2007). President Teddy Roosevelt made Taft Secretary of War, and "appointed" him as his successor;
he was nominated by the Republican Convention and elected President in the 1908 campaign (William Howard Taft, 2007). Among the achievements of his administration were the fact that he initiated
"80 antitrust suits"; established a "postal savings system" and the Interstate Commerce Commission" (William Howard Taft, 2007). Taft was delighted to get out of the White House; he served as
"Professor of Law at Yale until President Harding made him Chief Justice of the United States, a position he held until just before his death in 1930" (William Howard Taft,
2007). For Taft, the greatest honor of his life was holding his position on the Supreme Court; he once wrote "I dont remember that I ever was President" (William Howard
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