Today in Supreme Court History: July 11, 1921

7/11/1921: Chief Justice William Howard Taft takes oath.

Chief Justice William Howard Taft

 

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[Dark Night]

Taft much preferred being a judge to being a politician and was much happier as Chief Justice of the United States than he was as President.

(Fun fact, Taft was a federal judge before becoming President and is the only President to spend a substantial amount of his career in the judiciary)