William Taft #7: He's Not TR (1909-1910); Topics covered include: President of the United States, Special Session of Congress, Payne-Aldrich Tariff, conflict with progressives (tariff and conservation), rift with Theodore Roosevelt begins to grow, stress and weight gain, Roosevelt returns to the U.S., Roosevelt speaking tour including his "New Nationalism, change in Chief Justice, and Republicans lose badly in midterm elections

Key people: Theodore Roosevelt, Joe Cannon, Nelson Aldrich, Gifford Pinchot, Richard Ballinger, Archibald Butt, Melville Fuller, and Edward White

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