Does William Howard Taft have any living descendants?

Yes, many. Three children, all deceased: * 1. Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. (1889–1953), U.S. senator from Ohio, ran for president three times. Married Martha Wheaton Bowers. * 2. read more

William Howard Taft V (b. 1978), lawyer, member of the International Commercial Disputes Committee of the New York City Bar Association Many of the descendants remain in academics, law, and politics, including a recent governor of Ohio. read more

27. William Howard Taft Edit 1. William Howard Taft (1857-1930) + m. Helen Louise Herron (1861-1943)---2. Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953)---+ m. Martha Wheaton Bowers -----3. William Howard Taft III (1915-1991)-----4. William Howard Taft IV (1945)-----5. William Howard Taft V -----4. John Thomas Taft -----5. read more

A branch of the Massachusetts Taft family descended from Daniel Taft Sr., son of Robert Taft Sr., born at Braintree, 1677–1761, died at Mendon. Daniel, a justice of the peace in Mendon, had a son Josiah Taft, later of Uxbridge, who died in 1756. read more