William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1917) and the 27th vice president who served under President Charles Fairbanks.

In the foreign policy, the biggest priority for Taft became remilitarizaition and approachment with the United Kingdom and France in the face of growing German imperialism, which eventually led to the US participation in World War I. Seeing the popular discontent with the American participation, Taft refused to run for a third term as a President and recommended to the Republican Party to not run a Presidential candidate in 1916 elections and instead suggested to announce their support for Thomas R. Marshall, a candidate from the Democratic Party.