Let's face it--it would be tough for anyone to be sandwiched between the monumental and office defining presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Sadly, Taft was a very talented guy who just did not have the political temperament necessary to be President . Taft had distinguished career as an appellate judge, Governor of the Phillipines, and a Secretary of War before his Presidency. And, he was a very capable Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court following his one term. Perhaps, Taft serves as a cautionary tale for all of us that just because you are excellent at one thing, you may not be excellent at everything and the difficulty of taking a role that is just unsuited to your fundamental personality.
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