EVB2932137: First Lady, Mrs. William Taft (1861-1943) in a 1910 portrait, taken after her recovery from a stroke in the previous year. With her regained health she resumed her public life which included her role in having the famous Japanese cherry trees, planted around the Tidal Basin / Bridgeman Images
EVB2932210: Ex-President William Howard Taft (1857-1930) sworn in as chief justice of the United States in 1921. The Judge's Act of 1925, increased the Court's power to choose cases it would consider, setting the stage for the "activist" role the court would take throughout the 20th century / Bridgeman Images