Taft managed to advance his political plight over the tariff after
1909.
The Democrats recaptured control of
the House of Representatives in the 1910 elections. The Democratic majority combined
with the Progressive Republican minority wanted to lower duties from the levels set in the
1909 Payne-Aldrich Tariff.
Taft and the Republicans kept the
issue alive over issues of tariff reciprocity with Canada.
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