Seth Taft

Seth Taft
Personal details
Born	Seth Chase Taft (1922-12-31)December 31, 1922
Died	April 14, 2013(2013-04-14) (aged 90) Pepper Pike, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Franny Prindle
Children	Frederick I. Taft Thomas P. Taft Seth T. Taft Cynthia Taft
Parents	Charles Phelps Taft II Eleanor Chase Taft

Seth Chase Taft (December 31, 1922 – April 14, 2013) was an American politician of the Republican party.^[1] He was the grandson of President William Howard Taft and the son of Cincinnati, Ohio, mayor Charles Phelps Taft II and Eleanor Chase Taft, whose father ran the Waterbury Clock Company. Taft had five sisters and one brother and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Franny Prindle from New Haven, Connecticut.

Taft was an unsuccessful candidate for the Ohio Senate in 1962. He ran for the office of the mayor of Cleveland, in 1967, losing to Democratic candidate Carl B. Stokes, the first African American mayor of a major city.

In 1982, Taft sought the Republican nomination for governor of Ohio, but he lost the primary race to Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr.. He was, however, a Cuyahoga County, Ohio Commissioner. Seth and Frances "Franny" Taft had three sons: Frederick I. Taft, Thomas P. Taft, and Seth T. Taft, and a daughter Cynthia Taft.

Seth Taft served as Cuyahoga County Commissioner from 1971-1978. He died on April 14, 2013 at his home in Pepper Pike, Ohio after a fall at 90 years old. He is survived by his wife, 4 children, and 10 grandchildren.^[2]

Notes

↑ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Index to Politicians: Taft". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
↑ Michael Evans, The Plain Dealer. "Funeral for Seth Taft, former Cuyahoga County commissioner, will be Saturday, April 20". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2013-04-18.

William Howard Taft

10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930) 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) 42nd United States Secretary of War (1904–1908) 6th Solicitor General of the United States (1890–1892)

Presidency	1909 inauguration Dollar diplomacy Income Tax amendment Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act Mann–Elkins Act Defense Secrets Act of 1911 Commission on Economy and Efficiency U.S. occupation of Nicaragua United States Chamber of Commerce Ceremonial first pitch State of the Union Address 1912 Cabinet Judicial appointments Supreme Court First Oval Office

Chief Justice, Supreme Court	Supreme Court career Judiciary Act of 1925 Creation of the Supreme Court Building Taft Court cases

Other actions	Taft Commission Insular Government of the Philippine Islands Philippines Civil Governor, 1901–1904 Taft–Katsura agreement 1906–1909 Occupation of Cuba League to Enforce Peace National War Labor Board

Life and legacy	Early life Birthplace, home, and historic site Woodbury Point Taft Bridge Bibliography U.S. Postage stamps

Elections	1908 Republican National Convention 1908 U.S. presidential election 1912 Republican National Convention 1912 U.S. presidential election

Family	Helen Herron Taft (wife) Robert Taft (son) Helen Taft Manning (daughter) Charles Phelps Taft II (son) Robert Taft Jr. (grandson) William Howard Taft III (grandson) Seth Taft (grandson) Alphonso Taft (father) Louise Taft (mother) Charles Phelps Taft (brother) Henry Waters Taft (brother) Horace Dutton Taft (brother) Peter Rawson Taft (paternal grandfather)

Related	Progressive Era

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Seth Taft

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