Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (1917 - 1993)

Born 26 Feb 1917 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Died 7 Dec 1993 at age 76 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

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Preceded by Stephen M. Young

Robert Taft, Jr. US Senator (Class 1) from Ohio 1971—1976

Succeeded by Howard Metzenbaum

Robert Taft Jr. is Notable.

Biography

Spouses Blanca Noel Taft 1917–1968 (m. 1939) Katherine Longworth Whittaker Taft 1922–2000 (m. 1969)

6 children

US Congressman, US Senator. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the state of Ohio in US Congress from 1963 until 1965 and again from 1967 until 1971, and in the US Senate from 1971 until 1976. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio he was the second son of US Senator Robert Alphonso Taft, Sr. He received his formal education at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During World War II he served as an officer in the US Navy from 1942 until 1946. After his discharge from the US Navy, he joined the Cincinnati law firm of Taft, Stettinius, and Hollister, which had been founded by his father. In 1955 he entered politics and was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives until 1962, when he ran for a seat in the US Congress and won. In 1964 he ran for the US Senate but lost to Stephen M. Young and in 1966 he was re-elected to the US Congress. In 1970 he ran for the US Senate and defeated his Democratic challenger, Howard Metzenbaum. During his term in the US Senate, he served on the Armed Services, the Labor and Public Welfare, and the Banking, Currency and Housing committees, and helped write legislation to extend the National Labor Relations Act to health care workers. In 1976 he ran for a second term and was defeated by Howard M. Metzenbaum. After leaving the US Senate, he rejoined his father's law firm in Cincinnati, Ohio. In November 1993 he suffered a stroke and fell into a coma, and died in Cincinnati, Ohio about a week later at the age of 76. He was the father of Ohio Governor Robert Alphonso Taft II, the grandson of US President and Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft and great-grandson of US Secretary of War and Attorney General Alphonso Taft. Bio by: William Bjornstad

Birth

Ohio, U.S., Birth Index, 1908-1998 Name: Robert Taft Birth Date: 26 Feb 1917 Birth Place: Ohio, USA Certificate Number: 1917017789

Marriage

New York, New York, Index to Marriage Licenses, 1908-1910, 1938-1940No Name: Robert Taft Gender: Male Race: White Age: 22 Birth Date: 26 Feb 1917 Birth Place: Cincinnati Ohio Marriage Date: 27 Jun 1939 Marriage Place: New York, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Residence Street Address: Drake Road Residence Place: Cincinnati, Ohio Occupation: Student Father: Robert A Taft Mother : Martha Wheaton Taft Spouse: Blanca D. Noel Certificate Number: 7242 Current Marriage Number: 0 Witness 1: R. Holmes Tucker Witness 2: Esther Abbie Ingalls

Census

1920 United States Federal Census Name: Robert A Taft Jr [Robert A Toft Jr] Age: 2 Birth Year: abt 1918 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1920: Cincinnati Ward 3, Hamilton, Ohio Street: Dexter Ave Residence Date: 1920 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Son Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Robert A Taft Father's Birthplace: Ohio Mother's Name: Martha B Taft Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Household Members Age Relationship Robert A Taft Sr 30 Head Martha B Taft 30 Wife William H Taft 4 Son Robert A Taft Jr 2 Son Mary Ball 36 Nurse Matthew F Ball 16 Son Margaret Reilly 39 Cook Clotilde M Semard 21 Servant

1930 United States Federal Census Name: Robert A Taft Birth Year: abt 1917 Gender: Male Race: White Age in 1930: 13 Birthplace: Ohio Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son Home in 1930: Columbia, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Map of Home: Columbia, Hamilton, Ohio Street Address: Drake Rd. House Number: 7109 Dwelling Number: 158 Family Number: 164 Attended School: Yes Able to Read and Write: Yes Father's Birthplace: Ohio Mother's Birthplace: Minnesota Able to Speak English: Yes Household Members Age Relationship Robert A Taft 40 Head Martha B Taft 40 Wife William H Taft 14 Son Robert A Taft 13 Son Lloyd B Taft 7 Son Horace D Taft 5 Son Virginia C Rupp 25 Maid Molly Walsh 34 Cook Rose N Cawley 23 Maid Mary Ball 49 Practical Nurse (Nurse)

1940 United States Federal Census Name: Robert Taft Jr [Robert Taft, Jr.] Respondent: Yes Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1917 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Ohio Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts Map of Home in 1940: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts Street: Holden Green House Number: 206e Farm: No Inferred Residence in 1935: Rural, Hamilton, Ohio Residence in 1935: Rural, Hamilton, Ohio Resident on farm in 1935: Yes Sheet Number: 14A Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 284 House Owned or Rented: Rented Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 46 Attended School or College: Yes Highest Grade Completed: College, 4th year Weeks Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: Yes Household Members Age Relationship Robert Taft Jr 23 Head Blanca Wod Taft 23 Wife

Military

U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959 Name: Robert A. Taft Residence Date: 1 May 1946 Station or Residence Place: Cincinnati., Ohio, USA Year: 1946 Title: Official Register of the United States: Persons Occupying Administrative and Supervisory Positions in the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches of the Federal Government, and in the District of Columbia Government Volume: Volume 1

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Name: Robert Taft Jr Race: White Age: 23 Birth Date: 26 Feb 1917 Birth Place: Cincinnati, Ohio Residence Place: Madisonville, Hamilton, Ohio Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Registration Place: Harvard Univ, Cambridge, Massachusetts Employer: Harvard Law School, Student Height: 6 1" Weight: 200 Complexion: Ruddy Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Next of Kin: Mr Robert Alphonso Taft Household Members: 1

Death

Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 Name: Robert Taft Gender: Male Race: White, Not Hispanic (White) Age: 76 Birth Date: 26 Feb 1917 Birth Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Death Date: 7 Dec 1993 Death Hospital: Hospital/Inpatient Death Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, USA Inquest Hospital: Jewish Hospital Registrar's Certificate Number: 093127 Father: Taft Mother: Bowers Inquest Questions: Time of Death: 11:33 AM Education: 4 years college Industry: Executive and legislative offices Occupation: Legislators

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Name: Robert Taft Birth Date: 26 Feb 1917 Issue Year: Before 1951 Issue State: Ohio Last Residence: 45243, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Death Date: 7 Dec 1993

Obit

Ohio, U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2016 Name: Robert Taft Jr Death Age: 76 Birth Date: abt 1917 Death Date: 7 Dec 1993 Death Place: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Parents: Robert A Taft Newspaper Information: Newspaper: Greenfield Daily Times, Newspaper Date: 08 Dec 1993, Newspaper Page: 2 Column: ; Repository: Highland County District Library - Hillsboro, OH; Years Available: 1965-1993 | Newspaper: Van Wert Times Bulletin, Newspaper Date: 08 Dec 1993, Newspaper Page: 2 Column: ; Repository: Brumback Public Library (Van Wert, Ohio); Years Available: Other Source Information: Title: OGS Central Ohio Obits; Location: Ohio Genealogical Society; Description: MSS 309 - Collection of sheets of obituaries from Central Ohio; Details: MSS 309, BOX 11, FILE 98, P42

Burial

Indian Hill Episcopal Presbyterian Churchyard Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1013/robert-alphonso-taft

• Robert Taft, Jr. on Wikipedia

• The 1936 Yale Banner & Pot Pourri, Freshman Edition. Vol. XXVIII. Published at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, page 315

• Belin, Gaspard d'Andelot, ed., 1989. Fifty Years Out: Published by the Class of 1939, Yale University on the Occasion of its 50th Reunion, page 267
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Taft-81 created through the import of Cheney 21 Feb 2012.ged on Feb 21, 2012 by Deborah Mayes. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Deborah and others.