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Louise Taft. Louisa Maria "Louise" Torrey (September 11, 1827 – December 8, 1907) was the second wife of Alphonso Taft, and the mother of U.S. President William Howard Taft . Background. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the first daughter of Samuel Davenport Torrey (1789–1877) and his second wife, the former Susan Holman Waters (1803–1866).
Since 1941, the Louise Taft Semple Foundation has honored its founders’ legacy by donating millions of dollars to organizations that enhance the quality of life in Cincinnati for all of its citizens.
Jan 12, 2024 · Steeped in lofty ideals, dutiful Will Taft set a course that took him from his Cincinnati home to the nation's highest ranks. Cincinnati was a busy river port—the Queen City of the Ohio Valley—when Alphonso Taft arrived from Vermont in 1838.
Oct 12, 2020 · Lectures in memory of Louise Taft Semple: second series, 1966-1970. Publication date. 1973. Topics. Classical philology. Publisher. Norman] University of Oklahoma Press for the University of Cincinnati. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
Oct 22, 2021 · Their daughter Anna Louise Taft married UC’s William Semple, head of UC’s Department of Classics from 1920 to 1959. She shared her husband’s interest in ancient history and archaeology. Together, they worked toward the ambitious goal of creating the nation’s finest Classics programs.
Louise and Alphonso Taft raised their six children in the family tradition of hard work, fair play, and public service. They lived these principles themselves. Steeped in lofty ideals, dutiful Will Taft set a course that took him from his Cincinnati home to the nation's highest ranks.
Oct 17, 2016 · Photo, Print, Drawing Painting of President Taft's mother, Louisa Maria "Louise" Torrey Taft, at the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in the Mount Auburn section of Cincinnati Ohio.
