Robert Taft Jr.

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Robert Taft Jr.
Official portrait, 1971
United States Senator
from Ohio
In office
January 3, 1971 – December 28, 1976
Preceded byStephen M. Young
Succeeded byHoward Metzenbaum
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio
In office
January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971
Preceded byJohn J. Gilligan
Succeeded byWilliam J. Keating
Constituency1st district
In office
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965
Preceded byseat established
Succeeded byRobert E. Sweeney
Constituencyat-large
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office
1955–1962
Personal details
Born
Robert Alphonso Taft Jr.

(1917-02-26)February 26, 1917
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
DiedDecember 7, 1993(1993-12-07) (aged 76)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Blanca Duncan Noel
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(m. 1939; died 1968)​
Katherine Longworth Whittaker
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(m. 1969; div. 1978)​
Joan McKelvy
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(m. 1982)​
Children4, including Robert III
Parent(s)Robert A. Taft
Martha Wheaton Bowers
RelativesTaft family
Alma materYale University (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)
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Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (February 26, 1917 – December 7, 1993) was an American politician. He was a member of the

Republican Congressman from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971. Taft also served as a U.S. Senator
between 1971 and 1976.

Early life

Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. was born in

Ambassador to Ireland from 1953 to 1957,[4] while his younger brothers were Lloyd Bowers Taft,[5] who worked as an investment banker in Cincinnati,[6] and Horace Dwight Taft, who became a professor of physics and dean at Yale.[7] Taft graduated from Yale University in 1939 and Harvard Law School in 1942.[1]

Career

During

Voting Rights Act).[8]

In 1955 he became a compatriot of the Sons of the American Revolution.

In

Governor of Ohio) John J. Gilligan. In 1968, Taft won re-election, defeating Democrat Carl F. Heiser. Taft then won Young's U.S. Senate seat six years after losing to him when Young did not run for re-election, running against Howard Metzenbaum. Taft, however, lost six years later in a rematch against Metzenbaum. He resigned six days before the end of his term to resume the practice of law.[8]

Personal life

In 1939, Robert Jr. married Blanca Duncan Noel (1917–1968), daughter of Lewis W. Noel and Natalie Duncan. They were the parents of:[8]

After Blanca's death, Robert Jr. remarried to Katherine Longworth Whittaker, widow of his distant cousin David Gibson Taft. They divorced in 1977 and in October 1978, he married the former Joan McKelvy, also of Cincinnati.[10]

On November 29, 1993, Taft suffered a stroke and fell into a coma. He never woke from the coma and died on December 7, 1993.[8] Joan died on January 16, 2015.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Pearson, Richard (December 8, 1993). "Robert Taft Jr. dies". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Myrootsplace". myrootsplace.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Fraternity, Psi Upsilon (1917). The twelfth general catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
  4. ^ "W. H. Taft 3d, 75, Ex-Envoy to Ireland And Son of Senator". The New York Times. February 26, 1991. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Myrootsplace". myrootsplace.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013.
  6. ^ "Lloyd B. Taft Obituary". The New York Times. October 23, 1985. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
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  8. ^ a b c d Lyons, Richard D. (December 8, 1993). "Robert Taft Jr., 76, an Ex-Senator And Heir to Ohio G.O.P. Dynasty". The New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  9. ^ "Ohio Third Frontier creates $6.6 billion in economic impact, 41,300 jobs" Archived January 28, 2013, at archive.today, Med City News, Retrieved September 21, 2009.
  10. ^ a b "Joan Taft". Chicago Tribune. January 18, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
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