President who became Chief Justice

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 1983. It appears in 6 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
• Chief justice before Hughes - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• __-Hartley Act - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Last mustachioed president - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Chief Norse god - ODIN, used 105 times
• Chief - MAIN, used 49 times
• "___ who?" - SAYS, used 43 times
• Townshend of The Who - PETE, used 40 times
• Chief exec. - PRES, used 35 times
• Clinton's vice president - GORE, used 31 times

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