which u.s. president also served as chief justice of the u.s. supreme court?
Taft on the Golf Links, at Hot Springs, Virginia in 1908. U.S. President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William Howard Taft Was Born September 15, 1857. Taft was elected president in 1908, serving one term. Later, from 1921 until 1930, Taft served his country as chief justice of the Supreme Court. In an effort to make the court work more efficiently, he helped to pass the 1925 Judges Act, enabling the Supreme Court to give priority to cases of national importance.