Chief justice before Hughes

The answer

TAFT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAFT answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TAFT

Every other clue in this collection answered by TAFT, most used first.

• Wilson's predecessor - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
• President before Wilson - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• 27th president - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• 27th U.S. president - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• 1920s chief justice - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Heaviest U.S. president - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• White House name. - used 13 times, most recently in 1976
• "Dollar Diplomacy" president - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Roosevelt's successor - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Wilson predecessor - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Former Chief Justice. - used 7 times, most recently in 1970
• __-Hartley Act - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Last mustachioed president - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• President who became Chief Justice - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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• Nights before holidays - EVES, used 81 times

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