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.
Taft, free of the Presidency, served as Professor of Law at Yale until President Harding made him Chief Justice of the United States, a position he held until just before his death in 1930. To Taft, the appointment was his greatest honor; he wrote: I don't remember that I ever was President.. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from âThe Presidents of the United States of America,â by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association. Learn more about William Howard Taft 's spouse, Helen Herron Taft.