[Jim007]

Originally Posted by aljetmet

If your High school was named for somebody let us know the person and what they contributed to society. If it was not a HS any other school you went to will be fine.

I went to Samuel J Tilden High School, Brooklyn, NY.

Sammy J was a New York State governor who has the dubious distinction to have run for President 1876, won the popular vote but lost the election. He was the first but not the last. There was one other.... Who can name him?

William Howard Taft High School, Chicago, IL - William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930). He is the only person to have served in both offices, and along with James Polk, the only president to have also headed another branch of the federal government.