Taft

Taft may refer to:

People

• William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States and 10th Chief Justice of the United States
• Hulbert Taft, founders of Cincinnati Times-Star and Taft Broadcasting

• The Taft family, a political dynasty that includes the above-named President:
  • The Tafts of Mendon and Uxbridge, Massachusetts:
    • Robert Taft, Sr., immigrant, patriarch of the Taft family, and great-great-great-great-grandfather of President Taft
    • Josiah Taft, grandson of Robert Sr and husband of Lydia Chapin Taft
    • Lydia Chapin Taft, widow of Josiah and the first woman to vote in colonial America
    • Peter Rawson Taft, great-great-grandson of Robert Sr, grandfather of President Taft, and a Vermont legislator

• • The Tafts of Ohio:
    • Alphonso Taft, Attorney General and Secretary of War of the United States, co-founder of Skull and Bones, great-great-great-grandson of Robert Sr, and father of President Taft
    • Charles Phelps Taft (1843–1929)
    • Horace Dutton Taft, brother of the President
    • Robert Taft, United States Senator from Ohio, son of the President
    • Robert Taft, Jr., United States Senator from Ohio, son of the above-named Senator
    • Bob Taft, former Governor of Ohio, great grandson of the President, and grandson and son (respectively) of the above two men

• Other people named Taft, but not members of the above family:
  • Lorado Taft, American sculptor
  • Kevin Taft, Canadian politician
  • Bill Taft, American rock musician

Place names

Iran

• Taft, Yazd

Philippines

• Taft, Eastern Samar

United States

• Taft, California
• Taft, California, former name of Cromberg, California
• Taft, Florida
• Taft, Louisiana
• Taft, Minnesota
• Taft, Montana
• Taft, Oklahoma
• Taft, Oregon
• Taft, Tennessee
• Taft, Texas
• Taft, Virginia
• The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, founded by Horace Dutton Taft

Other uses

• Synonym for Taffeta
• A charachter off of The Tick.