Marriage
Taft married Nellie on June 19, 1886, at the home of the bride's parents in Cincinnati. The wedding was performed by the Reverend D.N.A. Hoge of Zanesville, Ohio. Taft's younger brother Horace Taft was best man. The couple honeymooned one day in New York City and four days at Sea Bright, New Jersey, before setting off on a three-month tour of Europe.
On their return, they settled in Cincinnati. Mrs. Taft encouraged her husband's political career despite his oft-stated preference for the judiciary. She welcomed each step in her husband's political career: state judge, Solicitor General of the United States, and federal circuit court judge. In 1900 he agreed to take charge of American civil government in the Philippines. Further travel with her husband, who became Secretary of War in 1904, brought a widened interest in world politics and a cosmopolitan circle of friends.
The Tafts had two sons and a daughter. Robert Alphonso Taft (1889–1953) was a political leader, Helen Taft (1891–1987) was an educator, and Charles Phelps Taft II (1897–1983) was a civic leader.
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