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Memorializing William Howard Taft

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Date

1930-03-11

Maker

Underwood and Underwood

Dimensions

8 x 10 3/16 in. (20.3 x 25.9 cm)

Accession Number

2008.159.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Mourners await access to the Capitol Rotunda where 27th President of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court William Howard Taft lay in state on March 11, 1930. An honor traditionally reserved for military officers and elected officials, Taft is among the more than 30 people who have lain in state in the Rotunda. Former Speaker of the House Henry Clay was the first person to lay in state at the Capitol, in 1852.

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