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The One Thing President Taft Got Right: New Mexico Statehood But beyond making New Mexico (and Arizona) a state, President William Howard Taft left a legacy that can best be represented by a shrug of the shoulders “Taft had a distinguished career before and after his presidency, yet most historians rate him as an average president–even mediocre,” Pugach said
President Taft And The New Mexico-Texas Border President William Howard Taft definitely set the boundary between Texas and New Mexico This occurred quietly and largely out of public view between early December 1910 and late February 1911 when he injected his interpretation of the boundary line into the state’s constitution
1912 United States presidential election in New Mexico Running for reelection against the reformist policies of Wilson was William H Taft, who secured the Republican nomination over Theodore Roosevelt To counter not receiving the Republican nomination, Roosevelt then ran for president under his own Bull-Moose Party
New Mexicos Constitution Congress passed the Enabling Act for New Mexico on 10 June 1910, and President William Howard Taft signed it into law on 20 June 2 "Santa Fe is Wild with Joy," proclaimed The New Mexican after word of events in Washington reached the territorial capital 3 After much debate, the 1910 Enabling Act provided for New Mexico and Arizona to enter
Taft_in_New_Mexico - wemadehistory. com There was another irony during Friday's re-enactment ceremony of the day 100 years ago today that President William Howard Taft signed the proclamation making New Mexico the 47th state in the uion
Tafts veto of H. J. Res. 14 - National Archives On August 15, 1911, President William Howard Taft vetoed the statehood resolution in large part because Arizona's constitution allowed for the recall of judges, a provision that he stated went against the need for an independent judiciary
William Howard Taft - (New Mexico History) - Fiveable William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913, and he played a pivotal role in the process of New Mexico achieving statehood