Frederick L. Taft

Frederick Lovett Taft 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.

Frederick L. Taft was born to Newton H. and Laura Alba Taft in Braceville, Ohio, on December 1, 1870. His father was a farmer, but Tafts family was a storied one. His paternal greatgreatgrandfather Lovett Taft and his paternal greatgreatgreatgrandfather Robert Taft both fought in the American Revolutionary War, and he was related to President William Howard Taft. His maternal greatgreatgrandfather Moses Ashley also fought in the same war. His greatuncle was Matthew Birchard, an Ohio Supreme Court judge from 1842 to 1849.

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