William Howard Taft: Plus-Sized President (1909-1913)
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Taft was the hand-picked successor to the monolithic Teddy Roosevelt. What did he do in office? Besides being famous for being overweight, he was also the only president to become a Supreme Court Justice. What else did he do? What did he and Teddy eventually fight about? Let's take a look!
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Teddy could only appoint a man with an equally impressive moustache.
Though he was less INFLUENTIAL, Taft could be arguably proposed as a better President than Roosevelt from a policy standpoint. He was still progressive for the time in all the right areas, but also had a more respectful restraint toward using executive power than Roosevelt did. I think Taft is underrated as hell.
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Wow so me and my 7 year old grandson were talking about who was president in 1911..
Then Taft came up, that led us to UA-cam..witch led us here...
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How did he get so big before the invention of fast food?
Butter and steaks
@@richardwhite6062 ---Buttered Noodles with big chunks of Steak.
Stress Eating,
Lots of bread and noodles. Carbs are a killer
Maybe his a time traveller
“His girth was so gargantuan.” - Professor Dave
“Who’s the big fat president, who’s suits look like a flannel circus tent” TAFT, right on 😏
Since Taft was outstanding as a Justice and mediocre as a President, I would have liked more detail on his tenure as Justice.
He did a lot of good things here in the Philippines during his commission.
Yes he did
Yep. He helped them draft up a new constitution and gave them a real voice in their government. Pretty great considering the taking of the Philippines was quite shady to say the least😬
No. Nothing at all.
@@dominicraganit9703 yes he did. And its good Philippines was under US. It would have been much worse if Britain or Germany took control
Thanks
if you go to the university belt in the Philippines, basically half the streets and buildings are named after him
I find it fascinating that the first 2 mins of this less than impressive bio focuses on his weight, really? Taft may not have been one of the best Presidents but he was a great Supreme Court Justice, and lets face it Taft is much better than other Presidents that came after him.
Yeah, I specifically called him one of the best supreme court justices of all time. He also was really, really fat. It's interesting. Maybe watch the whole video before commenting.
@@ProfessorDaveExplains in Taft's defense he did drop some of the weight after his presidency!
Dude back there at 1:29 unknowingly inventing the photobomb.
lmao
Taft is my ancestor
In Orlando, Florida their is a small City called Taft. The main road there goes from east Orlando to west Orlando. It's called Taft-Vineland Road! It's a back way or locals road.
Thats really cool, too many people cant say that. He is my ancestor too!!! I just recently found this out.
@@Kiki-ox7wz the Torrey's
Ray La Bonte, Alger.
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William Howard Taft has weighed as many as 350 pounds in 1913. Thankfully, I have not yet lived up to his weight peak. I hope that doesn’t happen for me, because I’m like a little over 300 pounds and I want to lose weight because I’ve been eating lots of carbs in the recent years of my life and I’ve been resting too much. I gotta cut down on both of those and do more physical activity. In fact, I am 22 and it’s a perfect age for me to lose weight.
Taft lost weight after he was no longer President
Good luck on your weight loss. I used to weigh more than that
Busting up US Steel was the worst thing Taft did. We still haven't recovered from that.
And lead to Wilson, the worst president in our history
@@meatbyproductsthat was teddy’s fault
@qprtv4295 both of them split the ticket and let Wilson ruin the nation. But at least teddy knew to leave US Steel alone. It didn't have US competition, but it was righting steel world wide. Damn Taft messed up steel in the USA to this day.
The Republicans used to have a Progressive wing.
Shocking today to hear that.
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One of the greatest presidents, in all different kind of ways 🤗
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I wouldn't want to be on the work crew that had to slather lube on that grand master of gluttony.
He struggled with obesity, just like the 70 million obese people in america today. so stp judging him.
@@emilypurcell1085 He was a shit president similar in some respects to what Trump is today, although Trump isnt even worthy of carrying Taft's jock strap because at least Taft finished school and could read.
Taft killed progressivism and went after conservation, busting up what Roosevelt had put in to save our resources.
He could be considered the key to turning the Republican party into what it is today, and all the corruption that followed the conservative route that turned its back on the people it is suppose to serve.
So, no, I will have my opinion of that fat bastard and say what I want because he turned his fat ass to the American people more than a few times.
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@@CaseyFinSF But he was thicc
@@_Daniel_Plainview That's like saying a Blue whale is just a big dolphin.
@@CaseyFinSF You are hilarious. Satire at its finest.
Is it Howard Henry Taft
Or William Henry Taft
William Howard Taft.
Interesting video. But if the election was November 1908, why wasn't he sworn in until March 1909? Isn't January normal?
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I can picture teddy Roosevelt and William Taft settling there differences in a hot-,oil wrestling match, with Raft as the obvious winner!!!--- hey, humor and politics go hand in hand!!!!!
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Who won Arizona and New Mexico?
They weren't states yet.
My favorite President
Taft actually lost weight later on
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Feel like his intro is a weird flex on me
The last president to have facial hair
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Another president born in my state Ohio
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ObAma was the second thinnest President
whos first my guess is william henry harison or abe lincoln
Andrew Jackson, John Tyler and Franklin Pierce are the skinniest Presidents. Obama's Body Mass Index is greater than those three.
Eat your oatmeal
Thanks Dave. Another great history lesson.Too bad fat so left us with having to go into world war oneTypical pattern that sadly followed 2 more republican presidents after Wilson..Vote Blue.peace out.
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