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American politician (1922–2013)

Seth Taft

Member of the Cuyahoga County Commission from Seat 3
In office 1971 (1971)–1978 (1978)
Succeeded by	Edward F. Feighan

Personal details
Born	Seth Chase Taft (1922-12-31)December 31, 1922
Died	April 14, 2013(2013-04-14) (aged 90) Pepper Pike, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Franny Prindle
Children	4
Parent(s)	Charles Phelps Taft II Eleanor Chase Taft

Seth Chase Taft (December 31, 1922 – April 14, 2013) was an American politician of the Republican party and a grandson of President William Howard Taft.

Early life and education

Seth Chase Taft's paternal grandfather was President William Howard Taft. His parents were Cincinnati, Ohio mayor Charles Phelps Taft II and Eleanor Chase Taft, whose father ran the Waterbury Clock Company. Taft had five sisters and one brother and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Frances "Franny" Prindle from New Haven, Connecticut.

Career

Taft was an unsuccessful candidate for the Ohio Senate in 1962. He ran for the office of the mayor of Cleveland, in 1967, losing to Democratic candidate Carl B. Stokes, the first African American mayor of a major city.

In 1982, Taft sought the Republican nomination for governor of Ohio, but he lost the primary race to Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr. He was, however, a Cuyahoga County, Ohio Commissioner. Seth and Franny Taft had three sons: Frederick I. Taft, Thomas P. Taft, and Seth T. Taft, and a daughter, Cynthia Taft.

Seth Taft served as Cuyahoga County Commissioner from 1971 to 1978. He died on April 14, 2013, at his home in Pepper Pike, Ohio, after a fall at 90 years old. His wife Franny died four years later, at 95. They are survived by 4 children, 10 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren.

Notes

Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Index to Politicians: Taft". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
Michael Evans, The Plain Dealer (15 April 2013). "Funeral for Seth Taft, former Cuyahoga County commissioner, will be Saturday, April 20". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer (19 May 2017). "Revered Cleveland Institute of Art professor emeritus Franny Taft, died Sunday at age 95". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
Taft, Seth (December 1998). Take On the World! And See How Much You Learn!. Euclid, Ohio: Williams Custom Publishing. ISBN 9781893435124.

v t e William Howard Taft
10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930) 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) 3rd Provisional Governor of Cuba (1904) 42nd United States Secretary of War (1904–1908) Governor-General of the Philippines (1901–1904) 6th Solicitor General of the United States (1890–1892)
Presidency (timeline)	1909 inauguration Dollar diplomacy Income Tax amendment Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act Weeks Act Federal Corrupt Practices Act Wireless Ship Act of 1910 Apportionment Act of 1911 North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 Mann–Elkins Act Radio Act of 1912 Defense Secrets Act of 1911 Pinchot–Ballinger controversy Commission on Economy and Efficiency U.S. occupation of Nicaragua United States Chamber of Commerce Ceremonial first pitch State of the Union Address 1912 Cabinet Judicial appointments Supreme Court First Oval Office Wilson transition
Chief Justice, Supreme Court	Supreme Court career Judiciary Act of 1925 Creation of the Supreme Court Building Taft Court cases
Other actions	Taft Commission Insular Government of the Philippine Islands Philippines Civil Governor, 1901–1904 Taft–Katsura agreement 1906–1909 Occupation of Cuba League to Enforce Peace National War Labor Board
Life and legacy	Early life Birthplace, home, and historic site Malacañang Palace Woodbury Point Taft Bridge Bibliography U.S. Postage stamps Taft, Montana High school (New York City Chicago Los Angeles San Antonio)
Elections	1908 Republican National Convention 1908 U.S. presidential election 1912 Republican National Convention 1912 U.S. presidential election
Family	Helen Herron Taft (wife) Robert Alphonso Taft (son) Helen Taft Manning (daughter) Charles Phelps Taft II (son) William Howard Taft III (grandson) Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (grandson) Seth Taft (grandson) Alphonso Taft (father) Louise Taft (mother) Charles Phelps Taft (brother) Henry Waters Taft (brother) Horace Dutton Taft (brother) Peter Rawson Taft (paternal grandfather)
Related	Billy Possum Progressive Era Pauline Wayne (cow) Backstairs at the White House (1979 miniseries) Theodore Roosevelt (2022 miniseries)
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