LEADER 03080nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910823813803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-139-19946-3 010 $a1-107-22416-0 010 $a1-280-48432-2 010 $a9786613579300 010 $a1-139-20527-7 010 $a1-139-20308-8 010 $a1-139-20607-9 010 $a1-139-20167-0 010 $a1-139-20449-1 010 $a1-139-01498-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000131833 035 $a(EBL)824429 035 $a(OCoLC)775869551 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000572804 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11390630 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000572804 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10541349 035 $a(PQKB)11639678 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139014984 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC824429 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL824429 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533298 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL357930 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000131833 100 $a20110224d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWilliam Howard Taft $eprogressive conservative /$fJonathan Lurie 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge ;$aNew York $cCambridge University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-42513-1 311 $a0-521-51421-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe early years, 1857-1887 -- Judges and justice, 1887-1900 -- Roosevelt and Taft in the Philippines, 1900-1904 -- The unwilling heir, 1904-1908 -- President Taft : tensions and travail, 1909-1910 -- Jockeying on the court, 1910-1911 -- At the brink, 1911 -- The split, 1912 -- Relief and renewal, 1913-1921. 330 $aIn this biographical study of the only American ever to have been both President and Chief Justice of the United States, Jonathan Lurie reassesses William Howard Taft's multiple careers, which culminated in Taft's election to the presidency in 1908 as the chosen successor to Theodore Roosevelt. By 1912, however, the relationship between Taft and Roosevelt had ruptured. Lurie re-examines the Taft-Roosevelt friendship and concludes that it rested on flimsy ground. He also places Taft in a progressive context, taking Taft's own self-description as 'a believer in progressive conservatism' as the starting point. At the end of his biography, Lurie concludes that this label is accurate when applied to Taft. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1909-1913 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1865-1933 615 0$aPresidents 676 $a973.91/2092 700 $aLurie$b Jonathan$f1939-$01615566 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823813803321 996 $aWilliam Howard Taft$93955786 997 $aUNINA