From collection Jake Gillison Collection
LB2016.15.787
A group of people at the ferry landing on Mt. Desert Island, Maine. The heavyset man in the middle is U. S. President William Howard Taft.* * William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for reelection in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice, a position he held until a month before his death. Wikipedia contributors, "William Howard Taft," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Howard_Taft&oldid=1148265790 (accessed April 7, 2023). Note on sleeve: William Howard Taft at the Mt. Desert Ferry Station
