Timeline of the William Howard Taft presidency

The presidency of William Howard Taft began on March 4, 1909, when William Howard Taft was inaugurated the 27th president of the United States and ended on March 4, 1913.

1909

Taft visits New Orleans. October 30, 1909

1910

Taft oversees the constriction of the Panama Canal. November 1910.

1911

Taft dedicates Lincoln Memorial Hall. November 9, 1911.
  • March 1 - Taft signs the Weeks Act into law.
  • March 4 - Taft calls a special session of Congress to address unresolved issues.
  • March 7 - The United States military mobilizes along the Mexican border as the Mexican Revolution risks spilling over into the United States.
  • March 12 - Richard A. Ballinger resigns as Secretary of the Interior amid scandal.
  • March 13 - Walter L. Fisher takes office as Secretary of the Interior.
  • May 21 - Jacob M. Dickinson is no longer Secretary of War.
  • May 22 - Henry L. Stimson takes office as Secretary of War.
  • May 23 - Taft dedicates the New York Public Library alongside Andrew Carnegie.
  • June 17 - Robert M. La Follette announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
  • July 14 - Aviator Harry Atwood flies from Boston to the White House, breaking the record for the longest airplane flight.
  • August 4 - Taft meets with Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō of Japan.
  • August 11 - Taft travels to his Summer White House in Beverly, Massachusetts.
  • August 15 - Taft vetoes statehood of Arizona and New Mexico over a provision in the Arizona Constitution allowing judicial recall.
  • September 15 - Taft embarks on a tour across the United States.
  • October 14 - Taft breaks ground on the Panama–Pacific International Exposition that would take place in 1915.
  • October 16 - Two men place dynamite on a railroad in California ahead of Taft's car. Security guard Abe Jenkins discovers the dynamite before the president arrives.
  • October 26 - Taft files an antitrust suit against U.S. Steel.
  • November 2 - Taft inspects the Naval fleet as he receives a 3,690 gun salute.
  • November 9 - Taft dedicates Lincoln Memorial Hall in Hodgenville, Kentucky.
  • November 12 - Taft returns to the White House after 87 days away.
  • December 5 - Taft delivers the 1911 State of the Union Address.

1912

Taft signing the Arizona Statehood Bill. February 14, 1912.
Taft boarding the USS Arkansas. October 14, 1912.
  • January 6 - New Mexico is admitted as the 47th state.
  • January 18 - Taft pardons Charles W. Morse, believing him to be terminally ill.
  • February 6 - Taft declares his intention to name William Cather Hook as a Supreme Court nominee. He rescinds the suggestion following backlash from the African-American community.
  • February 14 - Arizona is admitted as the 48th state.
  • February 19 - Taft nominates Mahlon Pitney to the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • February 22 - Former President Theodore Roosevelt announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
  • March 2 - Taft urges that American citizens prepare to evacuate Mexico as the Mexican Revolution escalates.
  • March 13 - Mahlon Pitney is confirmed as an Associate Justice.
  • March 14 - Taft issues an embargo on weapon sales to Mexico.
  • March 19 - North Dakota hosts the first ever statewide primary. Taft finishes third behind Theodore Roosevelt and Robert M. La Follette.
  • April 17 - Julia Lathrop becomes the first woman to lead a federal agency in the United States as director of the United States Children's Bureau.
  • May 11 - The Territory of Alaska is incorporated into the United States.
  • June 3 - Taft welcomes visiting German Naval officers in Hampton Roads.
  • June 5 - U.S. Marines land in Cuba.
  • June 19 - Taft signs into law the eight-hour workday for federal employees.
  • June 22 - The Republican National Convention nominates Taft as its presidential candidate.
  • June 24 - Taft establishes federal regulations for the design of the Flag of the United States, also adding two stars for Arizona and New Mexico.
  • July 31 - Taft signs the Sims Act into law.
  • August 4 - The United States begins its occupation of Nicaragua at the request of the Nicaraguan government.
  • August 5 - The Progressive Party splits off from the Republican Party to nominate Theodore Roosevelt.
  • August 24 - Taft signs the Panama Canal Act into law.
  • September 2 - Taft sets aside the first Naval oil reserve to be used in the event of war in Kern County, California.
  • September 23 - Taft bans all foreign ships from accessing Pearl Harbor, Guantánamo Bay, Subic Bay, and Guam.
  • September 24 - U.S. Marines restore order in the Dominican Republic amid the Dominican Civil War.
  • October 14 - Theodore Roosevelt is shot while campaigning for the presidency.
  • October 30 - Vice President James S. Sherman dies of kidney failure at the age of 57.
  • November 5 - Taft finishes third in the 1912 presidential election behind Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.
  • December 3 - Taft delivers the 1912 State of the Union Address.
  • December 15 - US Ambassador to the UK Whitelaw Reid dies at the age of 75.
  • December 21 - Taft embarks on the USS Arkansas to visit the Panama Canal.
  • December 25 - An attempt is made on Taft's life as a road in Colón, Panama is destroyed by dynamite only minutes after Taft had crossed it.

1913

Taft with Woodrow Wilson prior to the latter's inauguration. March 4, 1913.

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