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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...
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...
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...
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 · Taft was, indeed, very fond of bathtubs. He had an extra large one installed in the White House and on several ships, including the cruiser North Carolina, on which he sailed to Panama to oversee...
Oct 7, 2021 · As discussed in The New York Times, constantly pointing out William Howard Taft's weight and repeating the story of how he got stuck in the bathtub teaches people that it's fine to laugh at fat people. The book "President Taft Is Stuck In The Bath" even doubles down on the absurdity and humiliation of the imaginary predicament by inventing such ...
