On September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio, William Howard Taft was born. Taft was one of five children raised in a pretty wealthy background. Louisa Torrey, his mother, had attended and graduated from Mount Holyoke College. Torrey was also the second wife of Alphonso Taft, his father. Alphonso was an outspoken conservative that had first moved to Cincinnati in an attempt to open up his own law practice. A well-educated man, Alphonso had also been the Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant.
On September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio, William Howard Taft was born. Taft was one of five children raised in a pretty wealthy background. Louisa Torrey, his mother, had attended and graduated from Mount Holyoke College. Torrey was also the second wife of Alphonso Taft, his father. Alphonso was an outspoken conservative that had first moved to Cincinnati in an attempt to open up his own law practice. A well-educated man, Alphonso had also been the Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant.