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Seth Chase Taft (born 1923) is an American
United States

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 politician
Politician

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 of the Republican party. He is the grandson of President William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the History of the United States Republican Party in the early 20th century, a pioneer in international arbitration and staunch advocate of world pe...
 and the son of Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border....
, mayor Charles Phelps Taft II
Charles Phelps Taft II

Charles Phelps Taft II , U.S. Republican Party politician and member of the Taft family, From 1955 to 1957, he served as List of Mayors of Cincinnati, Ohio....
 and Eleanor Chase Taft, whose father ran the Waterbury, Connecticut Clock Company. Taft had five sisters and one brother and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Franny Prindle from New Haven, Connecticut.

Taft was an unsuccessful candidate for the Ohio Senate
Ohio Senate

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 in 1962.






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Seth Chase Taft (born 1923) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
 of the Republican party. He is the grandson of President William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the History of the United States Republican Party in the early 20th century, a pioneer in international arbitration and staunch advocate of world pe...
 and the son of Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border....
, mayor Charles Phelps Taft II
Charles Phelps Taft II

Charles Phelps Taft II , U.S. Republican Party politician and member of the Taft family, From 1955 to 1957, he served as List of Mayors of Cincinnati, Ohio....
 and Eleanor Chase Taft, whose father ran the Waterbury, Connecticut Clock Company. Taft had five sisters and one brother and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Franny Prindle from New Haven, Connecticut.

Taft was an unsuccessful candidate for the Ohio Senate
Ohio Senate

The Ohio Senate is the upper house in Ohio's bicameral legislature, the Ohio General Assembly; the lower house is the Ohio House of Representatives....
 in 1962. He ran for the office of the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
 in 1967, losing to Democratic candidate Carl B. Stokes
Carl B. Stokes

Carl Burton Stokes was an United States of America politician of the United States Democratic Party who served as the 51st List of Mayors of Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio....
, the first African American
African American

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 mayor of a major city.

In 1982, Taft sought the Republican nomination for governor of Ohio, but he lost the primary race to Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr.. He was, however, a Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Cuyahoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. It is the most populous county in Ohio; as of the United States Census 2000, the population was 1,393,978....
 Commissioner. Seth and Franny Taft have three sons: Frederick I. Taft, Thomas P. Taft, and Seth T. Taft.

See also

  • Taft family
    Taft family

    The Taft family of the United States hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, with historic origins in Massachusetts; its members have served Ohio, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Utah, and the United States in various positions, such as Governor of Ohio, Governor of Rhode Island, United States Senate , United States House of Representatives , Unit...