Charles+B.+Aycock

Charles B. Aycock believed that every child needed to be able to go to better schools and get an education. Aycock was a Democrat from Goldsboro. He believed in equalization, or funding poorer counties' schools more than richer ones. Charles B. Aycock supported the growth of black schools, even though he did believe in segregation. He was elected governer in 1900. Governer Aycock thought that more money should be spent on graded schools. During his time in office, Aycock helped build thousands of schools around the state, and helped children of rural and farm families get an education.
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William Taft was the reluctant successor to Teddy Roosevelt, his dream to be not a president but a judge in the Surpreme Court. It was his wife that pushed Taft towards the White House. The heaviest President in history, Roosevelt decided himself that Taft should be the next President. It was expected that he would build on the acheivements of his predecessor, who most Conservatives were glad to be rid of. Actually, it turned out that Tafts techniques would differ sharply from Roosevelts, believing not in stretching his presidential powers. People accused him of failing to uphold Roosevelt's conservation policies and alienating many liberal Republicans. Taft had a miserable presidency and in 1913, he was glad to be free of it. Later, William Tafts dream came true and held the position of Cheif Justice of the surpreme court up untill his death in 1930.
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