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Feb 9, 2016 · After leaving the White House in 1913, Taft moved into a suite in a New Haven, Connecticut, hotel with an immense bathtub that the Philadelphia Inquirer reported was “deep enough to allow an...
Nov 26, 2023 · This leaves his presidential legacy to a story about a bathtub: Legend has it that Taft, who weighed over 300 pounds during his presidency, once got so stuck in the White House bathtub that...
Jun 26, 2014 · William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States reportedly sat down one day for a nice long bath and got hopelessly stuck, needing six men to free him. Taft weighed about 340 pounds,...
Jan 1, 2018 · The Schadenfreude-laced tale, in which six men had to be called to dislodge William Howard Taft from his bath time predicament, is legendary. Yet the problem with the anecdote isn’t just...
Mar 19, 2024 · Rumors abound that the 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft, got stuck in a bathtub at the White House due to his portly size. Specifically, most stories say he was only removed once six people helped pry his naked body out.
Sep 15, 2017 · As Hoover wrote in his 1934 memoir, Taft “would stick” in the tub when bathing and had to be helped out “each time.” Who helped him out?
Oct 7, 2021 · Not only was a photograph of four men who installed the White House tub sitting inside it comfortably circulated widely, but in 1915, the Times published a story reporting that "the portly ex-President" had made a tub overflow after stepping into it during a stay in New Jersey.
Jun 25, 2014 · P resident William Howard Taft’s bathtub has become legendary. Four men could fit inside it and, according to myth, the President got stuck. The famously rotund leader topped out at 340 pounds (he was only 5’11″), and the tub story enhanced his sizeable reputation.
Feb 6, 2013 · The documents from the National Archives and several contemporary newspapers show that the giant tub was ordered by the government and used by Taft several months before he became president...
This obscure designation instantly brought to mind President William Howard Taft’s bathtub fiasco. As the “story” goes, President Taft was finishing up a bath when, due to his size, he was unable to get out of his White House bathtub – he was stuck.
