--- title: "Who was the only ex-president to become a Supreme Court justice?" description: "Who was the only ex-president to become a Supreme Court justice?" author: "Sharon Parkar" published: 2018-03-02 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35920/who-was-the-only-ex-president-to-become-a-supreme-court-justice category: "history, politics & society" tags: ["us presidents"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Who was the only ex-president to become a Supreme Court justice? Who was the only ex-president to become a [Supreme Court](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41851/how-did-the-supreme-court-rule-regarding-the-espionage-act) [justice](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/99473/justice-delayed-is-justice-denied-explain-the-line)? ## Answers ### Answer by akriti kashyap ## William Howard Taft! ![Who was the only ex-president to become a Supreme Court justice?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/cdc9305f-c5b5-45ef-b6fd-40dde9da9507/images/a2cb222e-54a6-4428-96af-a20e7874c9ea.png)\ He was born on **September 15, 1857**, and live until **March 8, 1930**, filled in as the **27th President** of the **United States (1909– 1913)** and as the **tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921– 1930)**, the main individual to have held the two workplaces. Taft was chosen a president in 1908, the picked successor of **Theodore Roosevelt**, however, was defeated for re-decision by **Woodrow Wilson in 1912** after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party applicant. In **1921**, **President Warren G. Harding** selected **Taft** to be **Chief Justice**, a situation in which he served until a month prior to his demise. ![Who was the only ex-president to become a Supreme Court justice?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/cdc9305f-c5b5-45ef-b6fd-40dde9da9507/images/fabbae4b-e843-45a9-bcd6-614882c432e8.png)\ He was born in **Cincinnati** in **1857**. **Mr Alphonso Taft**, his father was a **U.S. Lawyer General and Secretary of War**. Taft went to Yale and was an individual from Skull and Bones mystery society like his father and in the wake of turning into a legal advisor was delegated as a judge while still in his twenties. He proceeded with a fast ascent, being named **Solicitor General** and as a **judge** of the **Sixth Circuit Court** **of Appeals**. In **1901**, **President William McKinley** designated **Taft** non-military personnel legislative leader of the **Philippines**. In **1904**, **Roosevelt** made him **Secretary of War**, and he turned into **Roosevelt's** hand-picked successor. Notwithstanding his own aspiration to end up as **Chief Justice**, Taft declined rehashed offers of the appointment to the **Supreme Court** of the **United States**, trusting his political work to be more essential. \ ## Cheers! --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35920/who-was-the-only-ex-president-to-become-a-supreme-court-justice Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.