Hulbert Taft

Hulbert Taft
Born(1877-09-19)September 19, 1877
Cincinnati, Ohio
DiedJanuary 19, 1959(1959-01-19) (aged 81)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Resting placeSpring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Alma materYale University
OccupationJournalist
EmployerCincinnati Times-Star
TitlePublisher
PredecessorCharles Phelps Taft
SuccessorDavid S. Ingalls
Spouse(s)Nellie P. Leaman (1880–1927)
Virginia Kittredge (1899–1942)
Eleanor Gholson (1891–1980)
ChildrenHulbert Taft, Jr. (1907–1967)
Katherine Taft Benedict (1909–2001)
Margot Taft Tytus (1913–2008)
David G. Taft (1915–1962)
Parents
  • Peter Rawson Taft II (1846–1889) (father)
  • Annie Matilda Hulbert (1858–1923) (mother)
RelativesAlphonso Taft (grandfather)
William Howard Taft (Uncle)
Charles Phelps Taft (uncle)
Robert A. Taft (cousin)
Charles Phelps Taft II (cousin)
FamilyTaft family

Hulbert Taft (September 19, 1877 – January 19, 1959) was an American journalist, publisher, and member of the Taft family of Ohio.

As editor, publisher, and later, chairman of the board of directors, of the Cincinnati Times-Star, Taft was an influential figure in local and national politics throughout the first half of the twentieth century.

He was a grandson of Alphonso Taft, Secretary of War during the Grant administration; a nephew of President William Howard Taft; and cousin of Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft.[1]

  1. ^ "Death Signs Last '30' for Hulbert Taft, Sr., 81". The Cincinnati Enquirer. January 20, 1959. p. 1.