The Taft family
Ohio · President · Senate · Governor · House
Combined career popular votes
27,957,640
Combined electoral votes
329
Members on the ballot
5
Combined W–L
10–4
Years on the ballot
1908–2002
William Howard Taft is the only person to serve as both president and chief justice of the United States. His son Robert A. Taft, known as “Mr. Republican,” was a towering Senate leader; grandson Robert Taft Jr. also reached the Senate; and great-grandson Bob Taft was elected governor of Ohio, extending the family’s public service across a full century.
| Member | Offices | Years | Career popular votes | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob TaftR | Governor | 1998–2002 | 3,543,728 | 2–0 |
| Charles P. Taft IIR | Governor | 1952 | 1,590,058 | 0–1 |
| Robert Taft Jr.R | Senate · House | 1962–1976 | 7,254,840 | 4–2 |
| Robert A. TaftR | Senate | 1938–1950 | 4,403,864 | 3–0 |
| William Howard TaftR | President | 1908–1912 | 11,165,150 | 1–1 |
How this is measured
Combined career popular votes are summed across the 5 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.