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This president aided rebels fighting against Jose Santos Zelaya's government, before beginning the twenty-year long occupation of Nicaragua. Before becoming president, he served as the first Governor-General of the Philippines. During this president's term, the Payne-Aldrich tariff increased taxes on imported goods. This president's Secretary of State Philander Knox furthered American interests abroad with the policy of "dollar diplomacy." This president, who became Chief Justice in 1921, finished in third place behind the Bull Moose Party and Woodrow Wilson in the Election of 1912. For 10 points, name this overweight president who succeeded Theodore Roosevelt.
This president aided rebels fighting against Jose Santos Zelaya's government, before beginning the twenty-year long occupation of Nicaragua.
William Howard Taft