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Death | 19 January 1959 |
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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.