Robert Taft Jr.

(Son of Robert Alphonso Taft, grandson of President William Howard Taft, and grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft), a Representative and a Senator from Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 26, 1917. Attended Cincinnati public and private schools. Graduated from Yale University in 1939 and from Harvard University Law School in 1942. During the Second World War served as an officer in the United States Navy 1942-1946. Admitted to the bar in 1946 and commenced the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio. Elected to Ohio house of representatives in 1955, 1957, 1959 and 1961, and was majority floor leader 1961-1962. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1965). Was not a candidate for renomination to the Eighty-ninth Congress in 1964, but was an unsuccessful Candidate for election to the United States Senate. Elected to the Ninetieth Congress. Reelected to the Ninety-first Congress (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1971). Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1970. Served from January 3, 1971, until his resignation December 28, 1976. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976. Practiced law in Cincinnati and Washington, D. C. Lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, until his death on December 7, 1993. Interment in Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery.