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There are numerous books on William Howard Taft, and it comes with good reason, aside from being elected America’s twenty-seventh President (1909-1913), he later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930) and the only person to have served in both of these offices.

“Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies,” he remarked.

In order to get to the bottom of what inspired one of America’s most consequential figures to the height of political power, we’ve compiled a list of the 5 best books on William Howard Taft.

William Howard Taft by Jeffrey Rosen

William Howard Taft never wanted to be president and yearned instead to serve as chief justice of the United States.

But despite his ambivalence about politics, the former federal judge found success in the executive branch as governor of the Philippines and secretary of war, an