More about William Howard Taft

• He was known for his affable, malleable nature.
• His wife, Helen Herron, was the first First Lady to ride with her husband to his inauguration.
• Mrs. Taft arranged for the planting of 3,000 Japanese cherry trees and personally planted the first two saplings with the wife of the Japanese ambassador.
• "Don't sit up nights thinking about making me President for that will never come and I have no ambition in that direction. Any party which would nominate me would make me a great mistake."