First he took a job teaching law at Yale University. Then in 1921, President Warren Harding appointed him as Chief Justice of the United States. That was a job which Taft enjoyed.

• 最初，他接受了一份工作，在耶鲁大学教法律。之后，于1921年，沃伦·哈丁总统任命他为联邦首席法官。塔夫特特别喜欢这份职务。