Robert Taft Jr. | |
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![]() Official portrait, 1963 | |
United States Senator from Ohio | |
In office January 3, 1971 – December 28, 1976 | |
Preceded by | Stephen M. Young |
Succeeded by | Howard Metzenbaum |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio | |
In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971 | |
Preceded by | John J. Gilligan |
Succeeded by | William J. Keating |
Constituency | 1st district |
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |
Preceded by | seat established |
Succeeded by | Robert E. Sweeney |
Constituency | at-large |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives | |
In office 1955–1962 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. February 26, 1917 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | December 7, 1993 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 76)
Political party | Republican |
Spouses | Blanca Duncan Noel
(m. 1939; died 1968)Katherine Longworth Whittaker
(m. 1969; div. 1978)Joan McKelvy (m. 1982) |
Children | 4, including Robert III |
Parent(s) | Robert A. Taft Martha Wheaton Bowers |
Relatives | Taft family |
Alma mater | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (February 26, 1917 – December 7, 1993) was an American politician. He was a member of the Taft family who served as a Republican Representative from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971. Taft also served as a U.S. Senator between 1971 and 1976.