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[[File:Taft40.jpg|thumb|260px|''Time'' Jan. 29, 1940]]
'''Robert Alphonso Taft, Sr.''' (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953), son of President [[William Howard Taft]], was a leading Republican Senator (1938–53) and known as "Mr. Republican". He was a leader of the [[Conservative Coalition]], working with other Northern Republicans and some Southern Democrats to control Congress on most domestic issues (aside from [[civil rights]], which the conservative Republicans supported while the [[Boll Weevils]] opposed). Little major legislation passed the Senate against his objections.
His crowning achievement was writing and passing the [[Taft-Hartley Act]] of 1947 over [[President Truman]]'s veto. It balanced the interests of unions, management and the public.
