Full Name Seth Chase Taft Role American Politician Parents Charles Phelps Taft II | Spouse(s) Franny Prindle Name Seth Taft Uncles Robert A. Taft | |
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Born December 31, 1922 ( 1922-12-31 ) Children Frederick I. TaftThomas P. TaftSeth T. TaftCynthia Taft Grandparents William Howard Taft, Helen Herron Taft Similar People Charles Phelps Taft II, Alphonso Taft, Robert A Taft, Helen Herron Taft, William Howard Taft III | ||
Republican Candidate Debate for Governor of Ohio 5.28.1982
Seth Chase Taft (December 31, 1922 – April 14, 2013) was an American politician of the Republican party.
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Early life and education
He was the grandson of President William Howard Taft and the son of Cincinnati, Ohio, mayor Charles Phelps Taft II and Eleanor Chase Taft, whose father ran the Waterbury Clock Company. Taft had five sisters and one brother and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Franny Prindle from New Haven, Connecticut.
Career
Taft was an unsuccessful candidate for the Ohio Senate in 1962. He ran for the office of the mayor of Cleveland, in 1967, losing to Democratic candidate Carl B. Stokes, the first African American mayor of a major city.
In 1982, Taft sought the Republican nomination for governor of Ohio, but he lost the primary race to Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr.. He was, however, a Cuyahoga County, Ohio Commissioner. Seth and Frances "Franny" Taft had three sons: Frederick I. Taft, Thomas P. Taft, and Seth T. Taft, and a daughter Cynthia Taft.
Seth Taft served as Cuyahoga County Commissioner from 1971-1978. He died on April 14, 2013 at his home in Pepper Pike, Ohio after a fall at 90 years old. He is survived by his wife, 4 children, and 10 grandchildren.