President Taft fountain Pen

Here is a small photo of Taft at his desk. Taft has a pen in his hand, but it is clearly too small to distinguish what kind let alone the maker.

Above is a 1910 political cartoon featuring Taft and his Veto Pen.

This gold quill pen pictured below was presented to William Howard Taft by Pope Leo XIII in 1903. The pen was used in signing the agreement between the Vatican and United States stating that the church-controlled land in the Philippines would be sold to the Philippines. The pen measures 10.50" x 1.75" (26.67 x 4.45 cm).
Taft (1857-1930), the twenty-seventh president of the United States (1909-1913), was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. The son of Alphonso Taft, a distinguished judge, he graduated from Yale and returned to Cincinnati to study and practice law. Taft was appointed a federal circuit judge at 34. In 1904 President Theodore Roosevelt named him secretary of war, and by 1907 had decided that Taft should be his successor. The Republican Convention nominated him the next year.

Taft's administration initiated 80 antitrust suits and Congress submitted to the states amendments for a federal income tax and the direct election of senators. A postal savings system was established, and the Interstate Commerce Commission was directed to set railroad rates. In 1912, when the Republicans re-nominated Taft, Roosevelt led the Progressives, thus guaranteeing the election of Woodrow Wilson. Taft served as professor of law at Yale until President Warren G. Harding made him chief justice of the United States.