February 04, 1930
THE PRESIDENT stated:
"The Chief Justice has given an almost unparalleled career to the highest responsibilities in the Nation. He leaves his great trust as Chief Justice not only with universal esteem and gratitude but with the affection of the whole American people."
Herbert Hoover, Statement on the Resignation of Chief Justice William Howard Taft Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/211003