This President was a strong supporter of the 16th amendment creation of an income tax, which passed at the end of his term.
This President supported the Mann-Elkins Act, which allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate telecommunications, and he suffered a drop in popularity when Alaskan claims involving coalmines were interfered with by his Interior Secretary Richard Ballinger. This President was a strong supporter of the 16th amendment creation of an income tax, which passed at the end of his term. Name this man who finished third in his re-election effort behind Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, but eight years later was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
This President supported the Mann-Elkins Act, which allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate telecommunications, and he suffered a drop in popularity when Alaskan claims involving coalmines were interfered with by his Interior Secretary Richard Ballinger.
William Howard Taft