Everybody knows that William Howard Taft ... with colorful anecdotes about his size,” she writes, and Taft appears in political cartoons of the time as nothing short of abundant.

A 1909 political cartoon about Billy Possum versus the ... A "possum and taters" dinner served to incoming President William Howard Taft in January 1909 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Both ...

the city’s Republican political boss – despite William Howard Taft denouncing Cox and his machinations. Charles helped to get several local institutions started, including the Cincinnati ...