William Howard Taft - Revision history

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added that he served as Chief Justice after his presidency

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+|age =
 |status = Deceased
-|job = 27th President of the United States, 10th Chief Justice
+|job = 27th President of the United States
 |relatives = '''Wife:''' [[Nellie Taft]]
 |mentioned = "[[Homer the Smithers]]"
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 {{Quote|Taft, you old dog.|[[Homer Simpson]]|Homer the Smithers}}
-'''William Howard Taft''' was the 27th [[President of the United States]], serving from 1909-1913. He had also served as Chief Justice of the [[ U.S. Supreme Court]], from 1921-1930.
+'''William Howard Taft''' was the 27th [[President of the United States]], serving from 1909-1913.
 == History ==
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 When the kids took over [[Springfield Elementary]], [[Milhouse]] vandalized the portraits of several Presidents by drawing moustaches on them. When he got to Taft's portrait, he was about to give it the same treatment, but then was utterly taken aback when he found that Taft already had a moustache.<ref>"[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]"</ref>
-A picture of Taft was seen in a book that [[Superintendent Chalmers]] showed [[Bart]], before Bart developed an interest in Taft's presidential predecessor, {{Ch|Theodore Roosevelt}}.<ref>"[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]"</ref>
+A picture of Taft was seen in a book that [[Superintendent Chalmers]] showed [[Bart]], before Bart developed an interest in {{Ch|Theodore Roosevelt}}.<ref>"[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]"</ref>
 == Appearances ==

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 |gender = {{Male}}
 |hair =
-|age =
+|age = 72
 |status = Deceased
-|job = 27th President of the United States
+|job = 27th President of the United States, 10th Chief Justice
 |relatives = '''Wife:''' [[Nellie Taft]]
 |mentioned = "[[Homer the Smithers]]"
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 {{Quote|Taft, you old dog.|[[Homer Simpson]]|Homer the Smithers}}
-'''William Howard Taft''' was the 27th [[President of the United States]], serving from 1909-1913.
+'''William Howard Taft''' was the 27th [[President of the United States]], serving from 1909-1913. He had also served as Chief Justice of the [[ U.S. Supreme Court]], from 1921-1930.
 == History ==
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 When the kids took over [[Springfield Elementary]], [[Milhouse]] vandalized the portraits of several Presidents by drawing moustaches on them. When he got to Taft's portrait, he was about to give it the same treatment, but then was utterly taken aback when he found that Taft already had a moustache.<ref>"[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]"</ref>
-A picture of Taft was seen in a book that [[Superintendent Chalmers]] showed [[Bart]], before Bart developed an interest in {{Ch|Theodore Roosevelt}}.<ref>"[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]"</ref>
+A picture of Taft was seen in a book that [[Superintendent Chalmers]] showed [[Bart]], before Bart developed an interest in Taft's presidential predecessor, {{Ch|Theodore Roosevelt}}.<ref>"[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]"</ref>
 == Appearances ==

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 |age =
 |status = Deceased
-|job = 27th President
+|job = 27th President of the United States
 |relatives = '''Wife:''' [[Nellie Taft]]
 |mentioned = "[[Homer the Smithers]]"
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 '''William Howard Taft''' was the 27th [[President of the United States]], serving from 1909-1913.

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 |age =
 |status = Deceased
-|job = Former President
+|job = 27th President
-|relatives =
+|relatives = '''Wife:''' [[Nellie Taft]]
 |mentioned = "[[Homer the Smithers]]"
 |appearance = "[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]"

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+{{Real-world deceased characters|presidents=yes}}
 {{Simpsons characters}}
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 [[Category:Adults]]
 [[Category:Real-world characters]]
 [[Category:Recurring characters]]
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 |job = Former President
 |relatives =
-|appearance = "[[Homer the Smithers]]"
+|mentioned = "[[Homer the Smithers]]"
 |voiced by =
 }}
-'''William Howard Taft''' was the 27th [[President of the United States]], serving from 1909-1913. He holds the historical distinction of being the only person to have served both as President and as {{w|Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice}} of the Supreme Court.
+'''William Howard Taft''' was the 27th [[President of the United States]], serving from 1909-1913.
 == History ==
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 == Appearances ==
 *{{ep|Homer the Smithers|(mentioned)}}
-*{{ep|Skinner's Sense of Snow|(picture seen)}}
+*{{ep|Skinner's Sense of Snow|(picture)}}
-*{{ep|Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts|(picture seen)}}
+*{{ep|Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts|(picture)}}
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
-{{Wikipedialink}}
+*{{Wikipedialink}}
 {{Presidents}}
-{{Deceased characters}}
+{{Deceased characters|real world=yes}}
 {{Simpsons characters}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Taft, William Howard}}

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 [[Mr. Burns]]' [[Daphne Burns|mother]] once had an affair with President Taft, for which he never forgave her.<ref>"[[Homer the Smithers]]"</ref>
-When the kids took over [[Springfield Elementary]], [[Milhouse]] vandalized the portraits of several Presidents by drawing moustaches on them. When he got to Taft's portrait, he was about it give it the same treatment, but then was utterly taken aback when he found that Taft already had a moustache.<ref>"[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]"</ref>
+When the kids took over [[Springfield Elementary]], [[Milhouse]] vandalized the portraits of several Presidents by drawing moustaches on them. When he got to Taft's portrait, he was about to give it the same treatment, but then was utterly taken aback when he found that Taft already had a moustache.<ref>"[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]"</ref>
 A picture of Taft was seen in a book that [[Superintendent Chalmers]] showed [[Bart]], before Bart developed an interest in [[Theodore Roosevelt]].<ref>"[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]"</ref>