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Frederick Lovett Taft (December 1, 1870 - April 7, 1913) was an American lawyer and judge in Ohio. A member of the Taft family and a distant relative of President William Howard Taft, he was one of the leading political and legal men of the city of Cleveland and the state of Ohio from 1896 until his death in April 1913. ==Life and career== Frederick L. Taft was born to Newton H. and Laura Alba ( Humphrey) Taft in Braceville, Ohio, on December 1, 1870. His father was a farmer, but Taft's family was a storied one. His paternal great-great-grandfather Lovett Taft and his paternal great-great-great-grandfather Robert Taft both fought in the American Revolutionary War, and he was related to President William Howard Taft through Robert Taft. His maternal great-great-grandfather Moses Ashley also fought in the same war. His great-uncle was Matthew Birchard, an Ohio Supreme Court judge from 1842 to 1849. Taft attended the public schools in Newton Falls, Ohio, graduating from high school in 1886. He then attended Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1889. He briefly taught public school, then in 1889 began attending Cincinnati Law School. He received his JD degree in 1891, was admitted to the Ohio State Bar on December 1, 1891, and set up a private practice Cleveland. He served as assistant city solicitor from May 1898 to October 1, 1901, at which time he returned to private practice and joined the firm of Smith, Taft & Arter. Upon the retirement of Judge Duane H. Tilden, Taft was appointed a judge on the Ohio Courts of Common Pleas by Ohio Governor Andrew L. Harris about September 1906. The following month, the Republican State Convention unanimously nominated him for a full term on the bench. Despite receiving several thousand more votes than the Republican running for another open seat on the court, Taft still lost to his Democratic opponent. Taft returned to the firm of Smith, Taft & Arter, and was still practicing law at the time of his death in 1913. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick L. Taft」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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