Use an Affidavit if: 1  You have been asked to make a declaration or statement of fact under oath as part of a contract or legal process. 2  You want to ask someone else to make a declaration or statement of fact under oath.
Did President William Howard Taft die in a bathtub? No, President William Howard Taft did not die in a bathtub. He died of natural causes in his sleep at his home in Washington D.C. on March 8, 1930. Taft, the 27th President, â¦was the largest President, weighing an official 332 pounds.
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.