Theodore Roosevelt's tenure as the 26th president of the United States began on September 14, 1901, and expired on March 4, 1909. Roosevelt, a Republican, took office upon the assassination of Preside
President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904
1894 US Presidential Seal
Roosevelt's Inauguration
Roosevelt's cabinet on his last day in office, 1909. At far left: Roosevelt Left to right in back of table: George B. Cortelyou, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Truman Handy Newberry, James Wilson, Oscar S. Straus Left to right in front of table: Robert Bacon, Luke Edward Wright, George von Lengerke Meyer, James Rudolph Garfield
William Howard Taft
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William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices.
Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
…McKinley, under whom he had served as vice president, and secured a full term in the 1904 election. He was succeeded by his protégé and chosen successor, William Howard Taft. A Progressive reformer, Roosevelt earned a reputation as a "trust buster" through his regulatory reforms and antitrust prosecutions. His presidency…
Portrait, c. 1908
Yale College photograph of Taft, c. 1878
Roosevelt introduces Taft as his crown prince: Puck magazine cover cartoon, 1906.
One of a series of candid photographs known as the Evolution of a Smile, taken just after a formal portrait session, as Taft learned in a telephone call from Roosevelt of his nomination for president