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Charles Phelps Taft
Charles Phelps Taft (December 21, 1843 – December 31, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served as editor of the Cincinnati Times-Star, and owned both the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs baseball teams. From 1895 to 1897, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Taft was born on December 21, 1843, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the eldest child born to Fanny Phelps and Alphonso Taft. His father served as the 34th United States Attorney General and 31st United States Secretary of War, both under President Ulysses S. Grant. Among his younger half-brothers was William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States and 10th Chief Justice of the United States, and Horace Dutton Taft, the founder of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, to which he donated $150,000 in 1929.
His maternal grandfather was Judge Charles Phelps, of Townshend, Vermont, and his paternal grandparents were Peter Rawson Taft (1785–1867) of the Taft family and Sylvia (née Howard) Taft. He was the uncle of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II, and the granduncle of Robert Taft Jr.
He was educated at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, graduated from Yale University in 1864, and from Columbia University's law department in 1866. In 1867, he received another degree from the University of Heidelberg.
Following his graduation from Columbia Law School, he was admitted to the bar, and became a partner in the law firm of Sage, Haacke & Taft. He remained with the firm until he left to study abroad in Germany and France.
After returning from Germany, he resumed the practice of law in 1869 with General Edward F. Noyes, who later served as U.S. Minister to France and the 30th Governor of Ohio, at which point Taft was elected to the Ohio State Legislature. Ten years later in 1879, he became editor of the Cincinnati Times-Star, which would later be bought by the Cincinnati Post. This began the Taft media empire, which was his main claim to fame.
In 1895, he went to Congress as a Republican succeeding Bellamy Storer, but served only two years from March 4, 1895, until March 3, 1897. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress, and his seat was taken by William B. Shattuc. After retiring from Congress, he returned to the newspaper business.
Taft was a presidential elector in the 1904 presidential election.
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Charles Phelps Taft
Charles Phelps Taft (December 21, 1843 – December 31, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served as editor of the Cincinnati Times-Star, and owned both the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs baseball teams. From 1895 to 1897, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Taft was born on December 21, 1843, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the eldest child born to Fanny Phelps and Alphonso Taft. His father served as the 34th United States Attorney General and 31st United States Secretary of War, both under President Ulysses S. Grant. Among his younger half-brothers was William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States and 10th Chief Justice of the United States, and Horace Dutton Taft, the founder of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, to which he donated $150,000 in 1929.
His maternal grandfather was Judge Charles Phelps, of Townshend, Vermont, and his paternal grandparents were Peter Rawson Taft (1785–1867) of the Taft family and Sylvia (née Howard) Taft. He was the uncle of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II, and the granduncle of Robert Taft Jr.
He was educated at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, graduated from Yale University in 1864, and from Columbia University's law department in 1866. In 1867, he received another degree from the University of Heidelberg.
Following his graduation from Columbia Law School, he was admitted to the bar, and became a partner in the law firm of Sage, Haacke & Taft. He remained with the firm until he left to study abroad in Germany and France.
After returning from Germany, he resumed the practice of law in 1869 with General Edward F. Noyes, who later served as U.S. Minister to France and the 30th Governor of Ohio, at which point Taft was elected to the Ohio State Legislature. Ten years later in 1879, he became editor of the Cincinnati Times-Star, which would later be bought by the Cincinnati Post. This began the Taft media empire, which was his main claim to fame.
In 1895, he went to Congress as a Republican succeeding Bellamy Storer, but served only two years from March 4, 1895, until March 3, 1897. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress, and his seat was taken by William B. Shattuc. After retiring from Congress, he returned to the newspaper business.
Taft was a presidential elector in the 1904 presidential election.
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