Georges Bidault vs William Howard Taft

Bidault became president of the National Council of the Resistance (CNR) in 1943, unifying various resistance groups under de Gaulle's authority. He helped coordinate resistance activities and drafted the CNR's program for post-war social and economic reforms, which influenced the Fourth Republic.

Bidault served as Prime Minister from June to December 1946, leading a tripartite government of Socialists, Communists, and MRP. He focused on foreign policy, including negotiations for the Marshall Plan and the establishment of the Fourth Republic's constitution, but faced internal coalition tensions.

Bidault became Prime Minister again in 1949, overseeing France's involvement in the First Indochina War. He supported the creation of the Associated State of Vietnam under Emperor Bao Dai, but the war continued without resolution, and his government fell in 1950 due to economic and colonial issues.

Bidault opposed de Gaulle's return to power in 1958 and his policy of Algerian self-determination. He became a leader of the Organisation de l'arm

Taft, a Republican, won the 1908 presidential election against Democrat William Jennings Bryan. Taft was handpicked by outgoing President Theodore Roosevelt as his successor, promising to continue Roosevelt's progressive policies.

Taft signed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff, which lowered some tariffs but raised others, disappointing progressives who wanted significant reductions. The tariff alienated Taft from the progressive wing of the Republican Party and contributed to the party split.

President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a position Taft had long desired. Taft served until 1930, becoming the only person to have held both the presidency and the chief justiceship.