06 October 2012 09:30 | By Tom Phillips
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William Howard Taft: a big unit

William Howard Taft (© Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Who was the heaviest American president ever? That would be 27th President William Howard Taft, who weighed over 300lb (136kg). He was so fat that he he would sometimes get stuck in the White House bath, and needed his aides to help him out. (He eventually had a larger bath installed.)

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