Retentionist in Chief: William Howard Taft and the Question of Philippine Independence, 1912–1916

• Main Author: Burns, Adam D.;
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2013
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol61/iss2/3; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4000/viewcontent/6071.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Between 1900 and 1913, Republican William Howard Taft maintained a keen interest in preserving a US imperial connection with the Philippines. Following defeat in his presidential reelection campaign of 1912, Taft became the unofficial leader of a “retentionist” movement to stop the US Democratic Par...