William Howard Taft administration

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The William Howard Taft administration was the U.S. presidential administration from 1909 to 1913, noted for its trust-busting policies, civil service reforms, and significant expansions and alterations to the White House and its grounds.

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instanceOf presidential administration ⓘ
appointed Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
Edward Douglass White ⓘ
Horace Harmon Lurton ⓘ
Joseph Rucker Lamar ⓘ
Mahlon Pitney ⓘ
Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
architecturalChange expansion of the West Wing ⓘ
modification of the White House grounds and landscaping ⓘ
conflict Ballinger–Pinchot controversy ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1913 ⓘ
followedBy Woodrow Wilson administration ⓘ
foreignPolicy Dollar diplomacy ⓘ
support for arbitration treaties ⓘ
headOfGovernment William Howard Taft ⓘ
headOfState William Howard Taft ⓘ
implementedPolicy antitrust enforcement ⓘ
conservation policies ⓘ
tariff reform efforts ⓘ
legislativeBody 61st United States Congress ⓘ
62nd United States Congress ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
majorEvent Mann–Elkins Act ⓘ
Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act ⓘ
admission of Arizona as a U.S. state ⓘ
admission of New Mexico as a U.S. state ⓘ
creation of the United States Chamber of Commerce ⓘ
notableFor alterations to White House grounds ⓘ
civil service reforms ⓘ
expansion of the White House ⓘ
trust-busting policies ⓘ
oversawOffice United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
United States Department of Commerce and Labor ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
United States Department of State ⓘ
United States Department of War ⓘ
United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
United States Navy Department ⓘ
United States Post Office Department ⓘ
partOf Progressive Era ⓘ
history of the United States ⓘ
politicalParty Republican Party ⓘ
precededBy Theodore Roosevelt administration ⓘ
significantReform expansion of civil service protections ⓘ
strengthening of Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ
startTime 1909 ⓘ

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West Wing Colonnade → modifiedBy → William Howard Taft administration ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt administration → followedBy → William Howard Taft administration ⓘ
George von Lengerke Meyer → partOf → Cabinet of President William Howard Taft ⓘ
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Wilson administration → precededBy → Taft administration ⓘ
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Recollections of Full Years → describesEvent → William Howard Taft presidency ⓘ
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Harbor Defenses of San Francisco → era → Taft Period ⓘ
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Fort Michie → builtDuring → Taft Period ⓘ
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Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound → notableEra → Taft Period ⓘ
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