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Taft /taft/ [1 syll.] as a boys' name is of Old French origin, and the meaning of Taft is homestead. Also possibly (Old English) marsh; river. William Howard Taft was 26th American President and was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his retirement from politics.
In 1900, President William McKinley appointed Taft Governor-General of the Philippines. In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Taft Secretary of War in an effort to groom Taft, then his close political ally, into his handpicked presidential successor.illiam Howard Taft was born into the powerful Taft family on September 15, 1857, near Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Louisa Torrey and Alphonso Taft.