Alphonso Taft (1810-1891)

U.S. Attorney General & Secretary of War

He founded the Skull & Bones Society at Yale College. He was the Attorney-General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant. He is the father of President William Howard Taft.

Parents (2)

Peter Rawson Taft

Judge & Member of the Vermont House of Representatives

1785-1867

Sylvia Howard

Mrs Sylvia (Howard) Taft

1793-1866

Spouses (2)

Fanny (Phelps) Taft

Mrs Fanny (Phelps) Taft

1823-1852

Louise (Torrey) Taft

Mrs "Louise" Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft

1827-1907

Children (3)

Charles Phelps Taft

U.S. Representative from Ohio & Editor of the Times-Star Newspaper

1843-1929

William Howard Taft

27th President of the United States of America (1909-1913) & 10th Chief Justice

1857-1930

Horace Dutton Taft

Headmaster & Founder of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut

1861-1943