William Taft #5: Roosevelt's Jack-of-all-Trades (1904-1908); Topics covered include: Secretary of War, crisis at the Panama Canal, congressional tour to the Philippines, Elihu Root returns as Secretary of State ("The Three Musketeers"), turns down Supreme Court appointment again, crisis in Cuba, world tour including the opening of the First National Assembly in the Philippines, and death of Taft's mother

Key people: Theodore Roosevelt, Nellie Taft, William Gorgas, George Goethals, Alice Longworth, John Hay, Elihu Root, Harry Brown, Tomas Palma, and Louisa Taft

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William Taft #4: Duty Calls - Dream Denied (1901-1904); Topics covered include: Inauguration as Governor-General of the Philippines, move into the Malacanan Palace, work on behalf of the Filipino people, President William McKinley assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt becomes President, Taft suffers from an abdominal abscess, returns home to rest and testify to Congress, trip to the Vatican, return to the Philippines as a hero, offered position on the Supreme Court (twice) and turns it down (both times), agrees to become Secretary of War, and leaves the Philippines

Key people: William McKinley, Emilio Aguinaldo, Arthur MacArthur, Leon Czolgolsz, Theodore Roosevelt, Luke Wright, Nellie Taft, Robert Taft, Louisa Taft, Pope Leo XIII, and Elihu Root

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William Taft #3: The Philippines? (1900-1901); Topics covered include: Federal a Judge, Spanish-American War, resigns from the Bench to lead Philippine Commission, becomes Governor-General of the Philippines, positive engagement with the Filipino people ("policy of attraction"), gains their trust, election of 1900, and the end of the Filipino insurrection

Key people: William McKinley, Elihu Root, Emilio Aguinaldo, Dean Worcester, Bernard Moses, Henry Ide, Luke Wright, Nellie Taft, Arthur MacArthur, and William Jennings Bryan

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William Taft #2: Judge Taft (1889-1899); Topics covered include: Judge of the Ohio Superior Court, move to Washington, Solicitor General, friends with Theodore Roosevelt, birth of children, death of father, and appointed Federal Judge (6th Circuit)

Key people: Benjamin Harrison, Nellie Taft, Robert Taft, Helen Taft, Charlie Taft, Alphonso Taft, and Frank Phelan

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William Taft #1: Lofty Expectations (1857-1889); Topics covered include: Youth, education (including Yale and Cincinnati Law School), Assistant Prosecutor of Hamilton County, Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District, Marries Helen (Nellie) Herron, and becomes Judge of the Ohio Superior Court

Key people: Alphonso Taft, Louisa Taft, Ulysses Grant, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Nellie (Herron) Taft, Judson Harmon, and Joseph Foraker

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Theodore Roosevelt #10: Wilson, War, and Death (1913-1919); Topics covered include: Writes memoirs, journey to the Amazon (River of Doubt), World War I begins, furious with the Woodrow Wilson administration for inaction, sinking of the Lusitania, election of 1916, declines nomination by Progressive Party, Wilson wins reelection, Germany announces unrestricted warfare, Wilson brings the U.S. into the war, Roosevelt volunteers to join the fight but Wilson turns him down, all four sons volunteer for the war, repairs rift with Taft, Archie Roosevelt is injured, Quentin Roosevelt is killed, continues to criticize President Wilson, body breaks down, and death

Key people: Woodrow Wilson, William Jennings Bryan, George Washington, Charles Evans Hughes, William Taft, Archie Roosevelt, Quentin Roosevelt, and Kermit Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt #9: The Taft Rift (1908-1912); Topics covered include: Declines to run for reelection, hand picks William Taft as successor, leaves the presidency, departs for extended Safari in Africa and vacation in Europe, returns to the U.S. and gets complaints about Taft from progressives, introduces his New Nationalism (including judicial recall), rift with Taft grows, decides to run in 1912, Republican party divides, Taft is nominated and Roosevelt claims fraud, starts third party (Progressive Party), shot on campaign trail and decides to go ahead with his speech, and Wilson wins the election of 1912

Key people: Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Elihu Root, William Taft, Gifford Pinchot, Henry Cabot Lodge, Elihu Root, Hiram Johnson, Woodrow Wilson, and John Schrank

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Theodore Roosevelt #8: Enjoying the Presidency (1901-1909); Topics covered include: Family life in the White House, pets, relationship with Edith Roosevelt, renovation of the White House (including addition of the West Wing), personal characteristics (including smile and laugh), rigorous exercise, hunting, introduction of the Teddy Bear, relationship with Alice Roosevelt, and Alice's White House wedding, his love of being President of the United States

Key people: Ike Hoover, Archie Roosevelt, Quentin Roosevelt, Edith Roosevelt, Morris Michtom, Alice Roosevelt, and Nicholas Longworth

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Theodore Roosevelt #7: Doctrine, Square Deal, and the Big Stick (1904-1909); Topics covered include: Election of 1904, elected Prsident in own right, corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, progressive policies (trusts, labor, regulations, etc.), Square Deal for all, and the Great White Fleet

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Theodore Roosevelt #6: Expansive Executive (1901-1906); Topics covered include: President of the United States, pursued expanded responsibilities for the President, anti-trust lawsuits, coal strike of 1902, Square Deal, revoluion in Panama, serves as arbiter to end the Russo-Japanese War, wins the Nobel Peace Prize, sends troops into Santo Domingo and Cuba, pursues progressive agenda with prominent role for the Federal government, engages in rule changes for football, and introduces his Simplified Spelling Board

Key people: William McKinley, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, and Franklin Roosevelt

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