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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
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

Place names

Iran
Taft, Yazd

Philippines
Taft, Eastern Samar

United States
Taft, 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

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Taft" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, French, Polish, Portuguese, Volapük.


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