Comments on: President Taft’s Weight: Keeping the Pounds Off https://americacomesalive.com/president-tafts-weight/ Quick Takes and Popular Postings about America's Past Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:16:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kate Kelly https://americacomesalive.com/president-tafts-weight/#comment-441604 Sun, 24 Apr 2022 17:06:02 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=6784#comment-441604 In reply to GS.

You are the best! There is nothing better than a correction made with humor. I have to type the headlines in separately, and clearly goofed. Thank you.

]]> By: GS https://americacomesalive.com/president-tafts-weight/#comment-441594 Sun, 24 Apr 2022 13:23:57 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=6784#comment-441594 “Taft’s Fist Thanksgiving…” It’s possible he really fought the food desire fist over fork! Or perhaps it would be better simply to correct the misprint?

]]> By: Kate Kelly https://americacomesalive.com/president-tafts-weight/#comment-439830 Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:47:21 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=6784#comment-439830 In reply to Horace Bumbershoot.

And yes, diets were tough for him…

]]> By: Horace Bumbershoot https://americacomesalive.com/president-tafts-weight/#comment-439824 Fri, 18 Feb 2022 13:50:03 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=6784#comment-439824 He’s a distant relative..I think I inherited hism love for food..Alas..

]]> By: President Taft's Cow - America Comes Alive https://americacomesalive.com/president-tafts-weight/#comment-409918 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:45:53 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=6784#comment-409918 […] Taft weighed a hefty 340 pounds during his time in office, and he counted on three sturdy meals per day. (There were newspaper photos of four workers sitting in the larger bathtub they installed after Taft got stuck in the old one.) To read about President’s Taft’s efforts at dieting, read “President Taft’s Weight: Keeping the Pounds Off.” […]

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