Warren G. Harding | whitehouse.gov Air Force One Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding, an Ohio Republican, was the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923). Though his term in office was fraught with scandal, including Teapot Dome, Harding embraced technology and was sensitive to the plights of minorities and women. Before his nomination, Warren G. Harding declared, "America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality...." A Democratic leader, William Gibbs McAdoo, called Harding's speeches "an army of pompous phrases moving across the landscape in search of an idea." Their very murkiness was effective, since Harding's pronouncements remained unclear on the League of Nations, in contrast to the impassioned crusade of the Democratic candidates, Governor James M. Cox of Ohio and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Thirty-one distinguished Republicans had signed a manifesto assuring voters that a vote for Harding was a vote for the League. But Harding interpreted his election as a mandate to stay out of the League of Nations. Harding, born near Marion, Ohio, in 1865, became the publisher of a newspaper. He married a divorcee, Mrs. Florence Kling De Wolfe. He was a trustee of the Trinity Baptist Church, a director of almost every important business, and a leader in fraternal organizations and charitable enterprises. He organized the Citizen's Cornet Band, available for both Republican and Democratic rallies; "I played every instrument but the slide trombone and the E-flat cornet," he once remarked. Harding's undeviating Republicanism and vibrant speaking voice, plus his willingness to let the machine bosses set policies, led him far in Ohio politics. He served in the state Senate and as Lieutenant Governor, and unsuccessfully ran for Governor. He delivered the nominating address for President Taft at the 1912 Republican Convention.

In 1914 he was elected to the Senate, which he found "a very pleasant place." An Ohio admirer, Harry Daugherty, began to promote Harding for the 1920 Republican nomination because, he later explained, "He looked like a President." Thus a group of Senators, taking control of the 1920 Republican Convention when the principal candidates deadlocked, turned to Harding. He won the Presidential election by an unprecedented landslide of 60 percent of the popular vote. Republicans in Congress easily got the President's signature on their bills. They eliminated wartime controls and slashed taxes, established a Federal budget system, restored the high protective tariff, and imposed tight limitations upon immigration. By 1923 the postwar depression seemed to be giving way to a new surge of prosperity, and newspapers hailed Harding as a wise statesman carrying out his campaign promise--"Less government in business and more business in government." Behind the facade, not all of Harding's Administration was so impressive. Word began to reach the President that some of his friends were using their official positions for their own enrichment.

Alarmed, he complained, "My...friends...they're the ones that keep me walking the floors nights!" Looking wan and depressed, Harding journeyed westward in the summer of 1923, taking with him his upright Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover. "If you knew of a great scandal in our administration," he asked Hoover, "would you for the good of the country and the party expose it publicly or would you bury it?" Hoover urged publishing it, but Harding feared the political repercussions. He did not live to find out how the public would react to the scandals of his administration. In August of 1923, he died in San Francisco of a heart attack. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association. Learn more about Warren G. Harding 's spouse, Florence Kling Harding . Warren G. Harding - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Warren G. Harding A+E Networks Introduction The 29th U.S.

president, Warren Harding (1865-1923) served in office from 1921 to 1923 before dying of an apparent heart attack. Harding’s presidency was overshadowed by the criminal activities of some of his cabinet members and other government officials, although he himself was not involved in any wrongdoing. An Ohio native and Republican, Harding was a successful newspaper publisher who served in the Ohio legislature and the U.S. Senate. In 1920, he won the general election in a landslide, promising a “return to normalcy” after the hardships of World War I (1914-1918). As president, he favored pro-business policies and limited immigration. Harding died suddenly in San Francisco in 1923, and was succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). After Harding’s death, the Teapot Dome Scandal and other instances of corruption came to light, damaging his reputation. Google Warren Harding’s Early Years Warren Gamaliel Harding was born on November 2, 1865, on a farm in the small Ohio community of Corsica (present-day Blooming Grove).

He was the oldest of eight children of George Harding (1843-1928), a farmer who later became a doctor and part owner of a local newspaper, and Phoebe Dickerson Harding (1843-1910), a midwife. Did You Know? In 1923, as part of a cross-country tour, Harding became the first American president to visit Alaska, which had been a territory since 1912 and would achieve statehood in 1959. Harding graduated from Ohio Central College (now defunct) in 1882 and moved to Marion, Ohio, where he eventually found work as a newspaper reporter. In 1884, he and several partners purchased a small, struggling newspaper, the Marion Star. In 1891, Harding married Florence Kling De Wolfe (1860-1924), a Marion native with one son from a previous relationship. The Hardings had no children together, and Florence Harding helped manage the business operations for her husband’s newspaper, which became a financial success.

She later encouraged Warren Harding’s political career and once remarked, “I have only one real hobby–my husband.” Warren Harding’s Rise in the Republican Party Warren Harding, a Republican, began his political career in 1898 by winning election to the Ohio senate, where he served until 1903. He was Ohio’s lieutenant governor from 1904 to 1906 but lost his bid for the governorship in 1910. Two years later, he stepped into the national spotlight at the Republican National Convention when he gave a speech nominating President William Taft (1857-1930) for a second term. In 1914, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he remained until his 1921 presidential inauguration. The congenial Harding had an undistinguished career in the Senate. While he supported high protective tariffs and opposed President Woodrow Wilson’s (1856-1924) plan for the League of Nations, Harding was generally a conciliator and took few strong stands on any issues.

At the 1920 Republican National Convention, delegates deadlocked over their choice for a presidential nominee and eventually chose Harding as a compromise candidate. Calvin Coolidge , the governor of Massachusetts , was selected as his vice presidential running mate. The Democrats named James Cox (1870-1957), the governor of Ohio, as their presidential candidate; Franklin Roosevelt (1882-1945), the former assistant secretary of the Navy (and future 32nd U.S. president), was picked as his running mate. In the aftermath of World War I and the social changes of the Progressive Era, the pro-business Harding advocated a “return to normalcy.” He conducted a front-porch campaign from his home in Marion, and thousands of people travelled there to hear him speak. (Due to the high volume of visitors, Harding’s front lawn had to be replaced with gravel). In the general election, the Harding-Coolidge ticket defeated the Democrats in the largest landslide up to that time, capturing some 60 percent of the popular vote and an electoral margin of 404-127.

It was the first presidential election in which women across the United States could vote, having gained the right with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in August 1920. Warren Harding in the White House Once in office, Warren Harding followed a predominantly pro-business, conservative Republican agenda. Taxes were reduced, particularly for corporations and wealthy individuals; high protective tariffs were enacted; and immigration was limited. Harding signed the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, which streamlined the federal budget system and established the General Accounting Office to audit government expenditures. Additionally, the United States hosted a successful naval disarmament conference for the world’s leading countries. Harding also nominated ex-president Taft as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. To date, Taft is the only former chief executive to have held this position. Harding appointed capable men to his cabinet, including Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) and Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon (1855-1937). However, he also surrounded himself with individuals who were later accused of misconduct.

Harding was popular while in office, but his reputation was tarnished following his death when Americans learned of corruption within his administration–even though he had not engaged in any of this criminal activity. In one infamous incident, known as the Teapot Dome Scandal, Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall (1861-1944) rented public lands to oil companies in exchange for gifts and personal loans. (Fall was later convicted of accepting bribes and spent less than a year in prison.) Other government officials took payoffs and embezzled funds. Harding himself allegedly had extramarital affairs and drank alcohol in the White House , a violation of the 18th Amendment. Warren Harding’s Death In the summer of 1923, Warren Harding embarked on a cross-country tour of the United States to promote his policies. During the trip, the 57-year-old president became sick, and on August 2 he died of what was likely a heart attack (no autopsy was conducted) at a San Francisco hotel. In the early hours of August 3, Vice President Coolidge was sworn in as America’s 30th president at his boyhood home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont , where he was vacationing.

Coolidge’s father, a notary public, administered the oath of office. Millions of people across the nation gathered along the railroad tracks to pay their respects to Harding as his body was returned from the West Coast to Washington , D.C. Harding’s Marion home was later designated a National Historic Landmark and opened to the public. The president’s tomb is also located in Marion. Access hundreds of hours of historical video, commercial free, with HISTORY Vault . Start your free trial today. Tags Warren G. Harding - Government Official, U.S. Representative, U.S. President - Biography.com » quotes “America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration.” “I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.” “Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.” Warren G.

Harding Warren Harding - Scandals (TV-14; 2:22) Warren Harding's presidency was rocked by scandal both before and after he left the oval office. Synopsis Warren G. Harding, the 29th U.S. president, was born on November 2, 1865, in Corsica (now Blooming Grove), Ohio. Harding's campaign for the presidency promised a "return to normalcy." He was elected president on his birthday and inaugurated in 1921, following World War I. After serving as president for less than three years, on August 2, 1923, Harding died unexpectedly of a heart attack while traveling in California. Younger Years Warren G. Harding was born on November 2, 1865, in Corsica, Ohio (now known as Blooming Grove). The son of two doctors, father George and mother Phoebe, Harding had four sisters and a brother. To many, including himself, Harding enjoyed an idyllic American childhood, growing up in a small town, attending a one-room school house, enjoying summers at the local creek and performing in the village band.

All of these experiences later helped promote his political career. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. After graduation in 1882, he taught in a country school and sold insurance. That same year, he and two friends purchased the near defunct Marion Daily Star newspaper in Marion, Ohio. Under Harding's control, the paper struggled for a time, but later prospered, due in part to Harding's good-natured manner and strong sense of community. His 1891 marriage to Florence Kling de Wolfe, a wealthy divorcée with a keen business eye and ample financial resources, also helped the paper to prosper. Harding avoided printing stories critical of others and shared company profits with employees. Early Political Career In 1898, at his wife's urging, Warren G. Harding embarked on a political career. That year, he won a seat in the Ohio legislature, and subsequently served two terms. An unwavering conservative Republican with a vibrant speaking voice, Harding did favors for city bosses who, in turn, helped him advance in Ohio politics.

In 1903, he became lieutenant governor; and served in that position for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Though unsuccessful in a run for the governorship in 1910, Harding won election to the U.S. Senate four years later in a hard fought campaign. As senator, he actively supported business interests and advocated for protective tariffs. Like other Republicans at the time, he opposed Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" peace plan and supported prohibition. Although Harding held strong views on important issues of the time, he didn't often actively participate in the legislative process. According to his congressional voting record, he missed two-thirds of the votes held during his tenure as senator, including the vote on women's suffrage—a cause that he strongly supported. Presidential Bid In 1920, political insider and friend Harry Daugherty began to promote Warren G. Harding for the Republican presidential nomination. Daugherty believed that Harding "looked like a president." His upbringing was classically homegrown American. He was well-known by Republican leaders, had no major political enemies, was "right" on all the issues and represented the critically important state of Ohio.

At the convention in June 1920, after 10 rounds of voting, the nomination was deadlocked. Finally, on the 11th ballot, Harding emerged as the presidential nominee, with Calvin Coolidge as his running mate. During the campaign, Harding pledged to return the country to "normalcy." Using clichés in lofty speeches, Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote and winning 37 of 48 states in the Electoral College; he was the first sitting senator to be elected president. Opponents James M. Cox and Cox's running mate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, only carried the deeply Democratic southern states. The Harding Administration Warren G. Harding's administration was determined to roll back the momentum of progressive legislation that had taken place for the past 20 years. He personally overturned or allowed Congress to reverse many policies of the Wilson Administration, and approved tax cuts on higher incomes and protective tariffs. His administration supported limiting immigration and ending spending controls that had been instituted during World War I.

Harding also signed the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, which allowed the president to submit a unified budget to Congress (in the past, the separate cabinet departments had submitted their own budgets). The act also established the General Accounting Office to audit government expenditures. Additionally, Harding personally championed civil liberties for African Americans, and his administration supported liberalizing farm credit. In foreign affairs, as in domestic policy, Harding delegated much responsibility to several key cabinet members. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes worked with Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon and Department of Commerce head Herbert Hoover to elevate American banking to a global position; they negotiated trade deals to acquire rubber in Malaya and oil in the Middle East. The Harding Administration also played an important role in rebuilding Europe after WWI, and in establishing an "open door" trading policy in Asia. As president, Harding often seemed overwhelmed by the burdens of the office. He frequently confided to friends that he wasn't prepared for the presidency. He worked hard and tried to keep his campaign promise of "naming the best man for the job." By awarding high-level positions to political supporters, the results were mixed at best.

While Hughes, Mellon and Hoover were very effective, several other high-level appointees—known as the "Ohio Gang"—proved to be unscrupulous and corrupt, paving the way for scandal. Perhaps the worst disgrace was the Tea Pot Dome Scandal: Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leased oil-rich lands in Wyoming to companies in return for personal loans. Fall was eventually found guilty of corruption, and was sentenced to prison in 1931. Even Harding's close friend and political manager Harry Daugherty, the attorney general at the time, faced several impeachment votes by Congress and two indictments for defrauding the government. Daugherty was finally forced to resign during the Coolidge Administration. Privately, Warren G. Harding engaged in the good life emblematic of the 1920s. He and Florence had no children of their own, though Florence had an older son prior to her marriage with Harding. Their social life was made up primarily of elegant garden parties and state dinners. They privately entertained friends at the White House with ample supplies of liquor in violation of Prohibition. Twice a week, Harding played poker with close friends and made the time to enjoy golf, yachting and fishing.

By 1923, rumors of corruption in Harding's administration had begun to surface, and many of his friends were implicated, which greatly disappointed the president. He once commented, "They're the ones that keep me walking the floors at night." That summer, Harding and his wife traveled out west on a political trip to tell people personally about his policies, and to help salvage his reputation. On his return from Alaska, Harding fell ill. His train rushed him to San Francisco, California, where his condition worsened. On August 2, 1923, Harding suffered a massive heart attack and died immediately. In some circles, rumors spread that his wife had poisoned him to prevent him from facing charges of corruption. Her refusal to allow an autopsy only fed the rumors. After a state funeral, Harding's body was entombed at the Marion Cemetery in Marion, Ohio. Love Affairs Though rumors circulated while he was in office, it wasn't until after Harding's death that news of his extramarital affairs became public. One of his lovers, Nan Britton, published a book in 1927, claiming that Harding had fathered her daughter while he was a senator.

The allegation was a media sensation, and the Britton family was vilified and humiliated in public. Unfortunately for Britton, she had a difficult time proving the affair since she had destroyed Harding's love letters at his request. In August 2015 new genetic testing revealed that Britton was in fact telling the truth: Her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Blaesing, was the biological child of Harding, ending an almost century-old family feud between the Brittons and the Hardings. “We’re looking at the genetic scene to see if Warren Harding and Nan Britton had a baby together and all these signs are pointing to yes,” said Stephen Baloglu, an executive at Ancestry, to the New York Times. “The technology that we’re using is at a level of specificity that there’s no need to do more DNA testing. This is the definitive answer.” In 1963, explicit love letters between Harding and a woman named Carrie Phillips were discovered, and revealed that Phillips, a family friend, had engaged in a 15-year long affair with Harding. Legacy Most historians consider Warren G. Harding to be one of America's worst presidents.

He is believed to have seen the role of president as mainly ceremonial, leaving government work to subordinates. Revisionists have re-examined his role as an important transition between the Progressive Era and the years of prosperity in the 1920s. Harding is also credited for his broad-minded views on race and civil rights. Historians agree that his negative legacy is not so much attributed to his corrupt friends, but his own lack of vision and poor sense of where he wanted to take the country. Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Citation Information 1000+ images about Warren Harding on Pinterest | Henry ford, Florence and Unknown soldier Forward Warren Gamaliel Harding - US Senator and President. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 29th US President from March 1921 until his death two years later. Prior to that he served as a US Senator from Ohio from March 1915 until January 1921. See More Biography of President Warren G.

Harding for Kids Born: November 2, 1865 in Corsica (Blooming Grove), Ohio Died: August 2, 1923 during his presidency while visiting San Francisco, California Married: Florence Kling Harding Nickname: Wobbly Warren, President Hardly Biography: What is Warren G. Harding most known for? Warren G. Harding is known as one of the worst presidents in the history of the United States. He was a likeable and nice guy, but his administration was full of crooks. Many scandals were coming to light just as Warren died during a trip to Alaska. Growing Up Warren grew up in the small town of Caledonia, Ohio. His father owned a local newspaper where Warren worked as a boy and learned about journalism. He also enjoyed music and was an excellent cornet (a type of horn) player. In 1882 he graduated from Ohio Central College. He studied law for a short while and then went back into the newspaper business. Harding and his wife Florence Source: Library of Congress Before He Became President As Harding's newspaper business grew, he began to turn his career toward politics. He won a seat on the Ohio State legislature and then became lieutenant governor.

Harding was an excellent public speaker and began to make his mark within the Republican Party. In 1914 Harding ran for the U.S. Senate and won. His time in the Senate was somewhat unremarkable. The opposition party had control of Congress and Harding seldom took a strong stance on the issues. He earned the name Wobbly Warren for always sitting on the fence on issues and often appearing to change sides. When the 1920 presidential election started up, many thought that Harding could become president. Ohio was a key state and he was very popular there. Harding was reluctant and had to be convinced, but he finally agreed to run. When the Republican convention began, Harding was in last place on the initial vote of the delegates. However, the powerful men of the party got together and discussed who they thought could win. They decided on Harding and he received the nomination. Many of the men smoked and this type of politics became known as "smoke-filled room" politics. Harding ran for president on the platform of "return to normalcy". Voters liked this as they wanted things to be back to normal now that World War I was over. Harding won in a landslide and became the 29th president.

Warren G. Harding's Presidency When Warren G. Harding became president he found he was out of his league. Many of his "friends" that he appointed to his cabinet and administration turned out to be crooks who just wanted to use the government to make money. He realized this later when he said "I have no trouble with my enemies…but my friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!" Harding did have some initial successes. The first budget system was established for the federal government. Also, the country agreed with other world powers to stop the arms race of building large battleships. Soon, however, Harding's administration came under attack for all sorts of scandals. The worst of the scandals was the Teapot Dome Scandal. Teapot Dome Scandal The United States Navy held valuable oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyoming. These reserves were owned by the government and kept in case of emergency. Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, needed money and decided to secretly sell some of these reserves to oil companies. He took payments as well as a herd of cattle. This was all very illegal and Albert Fall ended up going to jail. How did he die?

Harding was on a trip visiting the territory of Alaska when his health failed. He died in San Francisco. Many people think that the stress of the scandals had some part in his death. Warren G. Harding Fun Facts About Warren G. Harding He was the first president to talk on the radio. After his death, Mrs. Harding went back to Washington D.C and destroyed many of his papers and correspondence. She said she did this to protect his legacy. He wore size 19 shoes, making his the largest feet of any U.S. president. When he was younger he was known by the nickname "Winnie". He liked to play poker and one time lost a set of White House china in a poker game. Harding was the first president elected after women had received the right to vote per the 19th amendment .

Activities Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865 - 1923) - Genealogy Warren Gamaliel Harding Blooming Grove, Morrow County, Ohio, United States Death: in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States Cause of death: Marion, Marion County, Ohio, United States Immediate Family: 29th President of the United States, President of the United States 1921-1923, Senator from Ohio 1915-1921 Managed by: Aug 2 1923 - San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States Parents: George Tryon Harding, Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson-Harding Wife: Nan Britton, Florence Mabel King Children: Circa 1866 - Ohio, United States Residence: 1880 - Canaan, Morrow, Ohio, USA Parents: Phoebe E. Harding, Geo. Tryon Harding Siblings: Nov 2 1865 - Blooming Grove Death: Cause of death: Myocardial infarction - Aug 2 1923 - San Francisco Parents: Dr.

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Harding declared, "America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality...." A Democratic leader, William Gibbs McAdoo, called Harding's speeches "an army of pompous phrases moving across the landscape in search of an idea." Their very murkiness was effective, since Harding's pronouncements remained unclear on the League of Nations, in contrast to the impassioned crusade of the Democratic candidates, Governor James M. Cox of Ohio and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Thirty-one distinguished Republicans had signed a manifesto assuring voters that a vote for Harding was a vote for the League. But Harding interpreted his election as a mandate to stay out of the League of Nations. Harding, born near Marion, Ohio, in 1865, became the publisher of a newspaper. He married a divorcee, Mrs. Florence Kling De Wolfe.

He was a trustee of the Trinity Baptist Church, a director of almost every important business, and a leader in fraternal organizations and charitable enterprises. He organized the Citizen's Cornet Band, available for both Republican and Democratic rallies; "I played every instrument but the slide trombone and the E-flat cornet," he once remarked. Harding's undeviating Republicanism and vibrant speaking voice, plus his willingness to let the machine bosses set policies, led him far in Ohio politics. He served in the state Senate and as Lieutenant Governor, and unsuccessfully ran for Governor. He delivered the nominating address for President Taft at the 1912 Republican Convention. In 1914 he was elected to the Senate, which he found "a very pleasant place." An Ohio admirer, Harry Daugherty, began to promote Harding for the 1920 Republican nomination because, he later explained, "He looked like a President." Thus a group of Senators, taking control of the 1920 Republican Convention when the principal candidates deadlocked, turned to Harding. He won the Presidential election by an unprecedented landslide of 60 percent of the popular vote. Republicans in Congress easily got the President's signature on their bills.

They eliminated wartime controls and slashed taxes, established a Federal budget system, restored the high protective tariff, and imposed tight limitations upon immigration. By 1923 the postwar depression seemed to be giving way to a new surge of prosperity, and newspapers hailed Harding as a wise statesman carrying out his campaign promise--"Less government in business and more business in government." Behind the facade, not all of Harding's Administration was so impressive. Word began to reach the President that some of his friends were using their official positions for their own enrichment. Alarmed, he complained, "My...friends...they're the ones that keep me walking the floors nights!" Looking wan and depressed, Harding journeyed westward in the summer of 1923, taking with him his upright Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover. "If you knew of a great scandal in our administration," he asked Hoover, "would you for the good of the country and the party expose it publicly or would you bury it?" Hoover urged publishing it, but Harding feared the political repercussions. He did not live to find out how the public would react to the scandals of his administration. In August of 1923, he died in San Francisco of a heart attack.

Facts: • First Lady: Florence "Fossie" Mabel Kling Harding, Wife • Number of Children: 1 • School Attended: Ohio Central College • Religion: Baptist • Profession: Teacher, Insurance Salesman, Reporter, Publisher Public Service: • Dates of Presidency: 3/4/1921 - 8/2/1923 • Presidency Number: 29 • His Vice President(s): Calvin Coolidge • Senator: Ohio (1915-1921) • State Legislative Service: OH (1899-1903) • Other Offices: Lieutenant Governor of Ohio Trivia: • He was the first president to ride to his inauguration in an automobile. • While in office, he was the first president to visit both Alaska and Canada. • He was considered personally popular but allowed his cabinet members to take over his presidency. • He was a newspaper editor in Marion, Ohio.

Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death from a heart attack or stroke, in 1923. A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate (1899–1903) and later as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1903–1905) and as a U.S. Senator (1915–1921). His political leanings were conservative, which enabled him to become the compromise choice at the 1920 Republican National Convention. During his presidential campaign, held in the aftermath of World War I, he promised a return to "normalcy". In the 1920 election, he defeated his Democratic opponent, fellow Ohioan James M. Cox, in the largest presidential popular vote landslide in American history since the popular vote tally began to be recorded in 1824: 60.36% to 34.19%.

Harding headed a cabinet of notable men such as Charles Evans Hughes, Andrew Mellon, Herbert Hoover and Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, who was jailed for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal. In foreign affairs, Harding signed peace treaties that built on the Treaty of Versailles (which formally ended World War I). He also led the way to world Naval disarmament at the Washington Naval Conference of 1921–22. Harding has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the worst U.S. Presidents. Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician, and the twenty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1923, his term ending as he died from a heart attack at age 57. A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate (1899–1903) and later as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1903–1905) and as a U.S. Senator (1915–1921).

His political leanings were conservative, which enabled him to become the compromise choice at the 1920 Republican National Convention. During his presidential campaign, held in the aftermath of World War I, he promised a return to "normalcy"; and, in the 1920 election, he defeated his Democratic opponent, fellow Ohioan James M. Cox, in the biggest landslide in American history—60.36% to 34.19%. Harding headed a cabinet of notable men such as Charles Evans Hughes, Andrew Mellon, Herbert Hoover and Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, who was jailed for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal. In foreign affairs, Harding signed peace treaties that built on the Treaty of Versailles (which formally ended World War I). He also led the way to world Naval disarmament at the Washington Naval Conference of 1921–22. By many, Harding is ranked as one of the least successful U.S. Presidents, despite having been immensely popular while in office. [Harding.Warren.Gamaliel.President.ftw] Won the 1920 election - the first in which women participated - over James M.Cox and Eugene V.

Debs by a popular vote of 16,143,407 to 9,130,328 and919,799, and an electoral vote of 404 to 127 and 0. Chose as vice-presidenthis successor Calvin Coolidge.[harding.abraham.1740.descend.strange-tripp.ged] [Phoebe Tripp.ged] Warren Harding was a handsome humble man with snow white hair and dark eye brows. When he was 24 he had a nervous breakdown and spent several weeks in Dr. Kellogg's sanatorium in Battle Creek, Michigan. He once gambled away an entire set of antique White House China. He was the first president who's wife could have voted for him. In large measure and possibly because he found it difficult to say no, Harding let Congress and his cabinet run the nation, and brought in so many of his old friends that they became known asthe Ohio gang'. Many were crooks. Harding's unexpected death after two years in office touched off rumors, scandals, arrests, and suicides.

Speculation drifted across the country - had he had actually committed suicide, or that first lady Florence Harding poisoned him. Graduated from Ohio Central College at Iberia, Ohio. Newspaper editor, politician. Bought the Marion Star in 1884. Served in state senate, 1899-1902 and as lieutenant governor; served in United States Senate, 1915-21. Was nominated as "dark horse" candidate in 1920. Administration was corrupt, with many rumored scandals; he died suddenly while on a national tour. Convened Washington Disarmament Conference, resulting in treaty. Picked strong cabinet members. Teapot Dome scandal involving others in administration marred his presidency. Died in office. Tall, regarded as handsome, with silver gray hair. for an audio treat plus more information about Warren G. HARDING. Won the 1920 election - the first in which women participated - over James M. Cox and Eugene V.

Debs by a popular vote of 16,143,407 to 9,130,328 and 919,799, and an electoral vote of 404 to 127 and 0. Chose as vice-president his successor Calvin Coolidge. Biography: Before his nomination, Warren G. Harding declared, "America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality...." A Democratic leader, William Gibbs McAdoo, called Harding's speeches "an army of pompous phrases moving across the landscape in search of an idea." Their very murkiness was effective, since Harding's pronouncements remained unclear on the League of Nations, in contrast to the impassioned crusade of the Democratic candidates, Governor James M. Cox of Ohio and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Thirty-one distinguished Republicans had signed a manifesto assuring voters that a vote for Harding was a vote for the League. But Harding interpreted his election as a mandate to stay out of the League of Nations. Harding, born near Marion, Ohio, in 1865, became the publisher of a newspaper. He married a divorce, Mrs. Florence Kling De Wolfe. He was a trustee of the Trinity Baptist Church, a director of almost every important business, and a leader in fraternal organizations and charitable enterprises. He organized the Citizen's Cornet Band, available for both Republican and Democratic rallies; "I played every instrument but the slide trombone and the E-flat cornet," he once remarked. Harding's undeviating Republicanism and vibrant speaking voice, plus his willingness to let the machine bosses set policies, led him far in Ohio politics. He served in the state Senate and as Lieutenant Governor, and successfully ran for Governor. He delivered the nominating address for President Taft at the 1912 Republican Convention.

In 1914 he was elected to the Senate, which he found "a very pleasant place." An Ohio admirer, Harry Daugherty, began to promote Harding for the 1920 Republican nomination because, he later explained, "He looked like a President." Thus a group of Senators, taking control of the 1920 Republican Convention when the principal candidates deadlocked, turned to Harding. He won the Presidential election by an unprecedented landslide of 60 percent of the popular vote. Republicans in Congress easily got the President's signature on their bills. They eliminated wartime controls and slashed taxes, established a Federal budget system, restored the high protective tariff, and imposed tight limitations upon immigration. By 1923 the postwar depression seemed to be giving way to a new surge of prosperity, and newspapers hailed Harding as a wise statesman carrying out his campaign promise--"Less government in business and more business in government." Behind the facade, not all of Harding's Administration was so impressive. Word began to reach the President that some of his friends were using their official positions for their own enrichment.

Alarmed, he complained, "My...friends...they're the ones that keep me walking the floors nights!" Looking wan and depressed, Harding journeyed westward in the summer of 1923, taking with him his upright Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover. "If you knew of a great scandal in our administration," he asked Hoover, "would you for the good of the country and the party expose it publicly or would you bury it?" Hoover urged publishing it, but Harding feared the political repercussions. He did not live to find out how the public would react to the scandals of his administration. In August of 1923, he died in San Francisco of a heart attack. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------Won the 1920 election - the first in which women participated - over James M.Cox and Eugene V. Debs by a popular vote of 16,143,407 to 9,130,328 and919,799, and an electoral vote of 404 to 127 and 0. Chose as vice-president his successor Calvin Coolidge.

[harding.amos.descend.strange-tripp.ged] [Phoebe Tripp.ged] Warren Harding was a handsome humble man with snow white hair and dark eye brows. When he was 24 he had a nervous breakdown and spent several weeks in Dr. Kellogg's sanatorium in Battle Creek, Michigan. He once gambled away an entire set of antique White House China. He was the first president who's wife could have voted for him. In large measure and possibly because he found it difficult to say no, Harding let Congress and his cabinet run the nation, and brought in so many of his old friends that they became known asthe Ohio gang'. Many were crooks. Harding's unexpected death after two years in office touched off rumors, scandals, arrests, and suicides. Speculation drifted across the country - had he had actually committed suicide, or that first lady Florence Harding poisoned him. Graduated from Ohio Central College at Iberia, Ohio. Newspaper editor, politician. Bought the Marion Star in 1884. Served in state senate, 1899-1902 and as lieutenant governor; served in United States Senate, 1915-21.

Was nominated as "dark horse" candidate in 1920. Administration was corrupt, with many rumored scandals; he died suddenly while on a national tour. Convened Washington Disarmament Conference, resulting in treaty. Picked strong cabinet members. Teapot Dome scandal involving others in administration marred his presidency. Died in office. Tall, regarded as handsome, with silver gray hair. for an audio treat plus more information about Warren G. HARDING. Won the 1920 election - the first in which women participated - over James M. Cox and Eugene V. Debs by a popular vote of 16,143,407 to 9,130,328 and 919,799, and an electoral vote of 404 to 127 and 0. Chose as vice-president his successor Calvin Coolidge. Biography: Before his nomination, Warren G.

Harding declared, "America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality...." A Democratic leader, William Gibbs McAdoo, called Harding's speeches "an army of pompous phrases moving across the landscape in search of an idea." Their very murkiness was effective, since Harding's pronouncements remained unclear on the League of Nations, in contrast to the impassioned crusade of the Democratic candidates, Governor James M. Cox of Ohio and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Thirty-one distinguished Republicans had signed a manifesto assuring voters that a vote for Harding was a vote for the League. But Harding interpreted his election as a mandate to stay out of the League of Nations. Harding, born near Marion, Ohio, in 1865, became the publisher of a newspaper. He married a divorce, Mrs. Florence Kling De Wolfe.

He was a trustee of the Trinity Baptist Church, a director of almost every important business, and a leader in fraternal organizations and charitable enterprises. He organized the Citizen's Cornet Band, available for both Republican and Democratic rallies; "I played every instrument but the slide trombone and the E-flat cornet," he once remarked. Harding's undeviating Republicanism and vibrant speaking voice, plus his willingness to let the machine bosses set policies, led him far in Ohio politics. He served in the state Senate and as Lieutenant Governor, and successfully ran for Governor. He delivered the nominating address for President Taft at the 1912 Republican Convention. In 1914 he was elected to the Senate, which he found "a very pleasant place." An Ohio admirer, Harry Daugherty, began to promote Harding for the 1920 Republican nomination because, he later explained, "He looked like a President." Thus a group of Senators, taking control of the 1920 Republican Convention when the principal candidates deadlocked, turned to Harding. He won the Presidential election by an unprecedented landslide of 60 percent of the popular vote. Republicans in Congress easily got the President's signature on their bills.

They eliminated wartime controls and slashed taxes, established a Federal budget system, restored the high protective tariff, and imposed tight limitations upon immigration. By 1923 the postwar depression seemed to be giving way to a new surge of prosperity, and newspapers hailed Harding as a wise statesman carrying out his campaign promise--"Less government in business and more business in government." Behind the facade, not all of Harding's Administration was so impressive. Word began to reach the President that some of his friends were using their official positions for their own enrichment. Alarmed, he complained, "My...friends...they're the ones that keep me walking the floors nights!" Looking wan and depressed, Harding journeyed westward in the summer of 1923, taking with him his upright Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover. "If you knew of a great scandal in our administration," he asked Hoover, "would you for the good of the country and the party expose it publicly or would you bury it?" Hoover urged publishing it, but Harding feared the political repercussions. He did not live to find out how the public would react to the scandals of his administration. In August of 1923, he died in San Francisco of a heart attack.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------Won the 1920 election - the first in which women participated - over James M.Cox and Eugene V. Debs by a popular vote of 16,143,407 to 9,130,328 and919,799, and an electoral vote of 404 to 127 and 0. Chose as vice-president his successor Calvin Coolidge. US Election Facts, US Election FAQs, US Presidential Election Facts US Presidential Election Facts Who can become President of the United States? To be eligible to become President of the United States, the candidate must: be a natural-born citizen of the United States be over thirty-five years old have resided in the United States for at least 14 years Who can become Vice President of the United States? The above rules for presidential eligibility also apply to the vice president, since he or she would succeed the president. The Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that no person that is ineligible to become president can be the vice president. This rule stems from the original election system, in which the candidate who came in second place would become the vice president.

How many terms can a president be in office? Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment in 1947, the President of the United States can be elected to a maximum of two terms as president. Further, if any president has finished out more than two years of another president's term, that is considered one term. Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only president to have served more than two terms as president, though not many former presidents even attempted to serve a third term. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to serve four terms as president, but he died before he could finish out his fourth term. Who can vote in Presidential elections? To be eligible to vote, you must: Be a U.S. citizen Be a legal resident of the state in which you register Be at least 18 years old at the time of the election Most states have additional requirements that prohibit people who have been judged mentally incapable by a court, or those currently serving time in prison or on parole for committing a felony from voting. In some cases, convicted felons in general are prohibited from voting until their rights are legally restored.

Voters must be registered to vote in only one place, and must submit the registration form before the deadline designated by the state. What Constitutional Amendments changed voter eligibility? The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, allowed free men of any race or color to vote. Women were not eligible to vote until 1920, when the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, making it illegal to deny the right to vote based on sex. The Twenty-third Amendment allowed citizens of the District of Columbia to vote in presidential elections, and the Twenty-fourth removed poll taxes from the voting process. How are presidential candidates chosen? Each of the major political parties chooses a candidate in several ways. Statewide elections, either primary elections or caucuses are held in every state to determine the nominee from the Republican and Democratic parties, while some third parties choose their nominee using other methods. Political parties usually have national conventions in the months leading up to the election, in which they officially select their best candidate to compete in the presidential election, based on the results of the primaries. Delegates from the political parties are elected to attend the convention to cast their ballots. How is the vice president chosen?

In our current system, the president chooses a vice president to be his or her running mate, and they run on the same ticket. This way, voters cast votes for the president and vice president with the same vote. However, the Electoral College casts separate votes for the president and vice president. Earlier in U.S. history, the candidate who received the second highest number of votes became the vice president, but this changed in 1804, with the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment. How is the president elected? After the parties have chosen their nominees in the statewide primaries and caucuses, a nationwide vote is conducted, in which American voters cast their ballot for the next President of the United States. However, this is not a direct vote for a candidate. Instead, voters select delegates, called electors, who pledge their vote to the popular winner of their district. Electors of each state attend a meeting of the electoral college in their state capital, in which they cast official votes for the president, representing their states. The candidate that receives more than 270 electoral votes – just over half of the total number – is the winner. When does the new President of the United States take office?

The President-elect takes office on January 20, known as Inauguration Day. On Inauguration Day, the new President must take the oath of office, as specified in Article Two, Section One of the U.S. Constitution: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States - Presidential Oath of Office Presidential Trivia Which US President before becoming President negotiated the Treaty of Peace in Paris granting independence to the British colonies in America? John Adams. The other two American negotiators in Paris were Benjamin Franklin and John Jay. To whom did General Lord Cornwallis surrender? On 19th Oct 1781, Lord Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia thus ending the Revolutionary War. Which President purchased the Louisiana Territory? President Thomas Jefferson from Napoleon in 1803. Which President purchased Alaska? President Andrew Johnson purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. In which Presidential election did an electoral tie result? In the presidential election of 1800 between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, an electoral tie resulted.

It was resolved by the US House of Representatives which elected Thomas Jefferson as President and Aaron Burr as Vice-President. Who was the first President to live in the White House? President John Adams. In whose presidency did the British enter Washington and set fire to the White House? During President James Madison presidency in the War of 1812. Who was the first President who was the son of a President? The sixth President John Quincy Adams, son of the second President John Adams. Who was the second President who was the son of a President? The 43rd President George W. Bush, son of the 41st President George Bush. Which President was called the "Old Hickory"? President Andrew Jackson. Who was the first President to die in office? The ninth President William Henry Harrison died a month after his inauguration of pneumonia and has the shortest presidency, a total of 31 days; and was the first president to die in office. Who was the second President to die in office? The twelfth President Zachary Taylor was the second president to die in office. He died in 1850 after serving 16 months in office. Who was the third President to die in office of natural cause?

The 29th President Warren Gamaliel Harding passed away on 2 Aug 1923 of a heart attack. Who was the fourth President to die in office of a natural cause? The 32nd President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passed away on 12 Apr 1945 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Who was the president who was the grandson of a president? The only grandfather and grandson pair of presidents were the 9th President William Henry Harrison and his grandson the 23rd President Benjamin Harrison. Who was the youngest elected President? President John F. Kennedy, 43y 236d (when taking office). Who was the oldest elected President? President Ronald Reagan, 69y 349d (when taking office). Who was the youngest President ? President Theodore Roosevelt, 42y 322d (when taking office); succeeding to the office upon the assassination of President William McKinley. In whose presidency was the Mexican-American War fought followed by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? President James Knox Polk. In whose presidency was the Spanish-American War fought resulting in America annexing Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico? President William McKinley.

In whose presidency did Commodore Matthew Perry force Japan to open to American trade? President Millard Fillmore. Which President ordered the combat use of nuclear weapon? President Harry S. Truman ordered the dropping of Atom Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force the Japanese Emperor to surrender unconditionally to end World War II. Which President served two non-consecutive terms? President Grover Cleveland served as the 22nd President (1885-1889) and as the 24th President (1893-1897). Which President married while in office? The only President to be married in the White House was President Grover Cleveland. On June 2, 1886 he married Frances Folsom. Which President did not marry? The fifteenth President James Buchanan did not marry and died a bachelor. Who was the first President to be assassinated? On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth. Thus, the sixteenth President Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated. Who was the second President to be assassinated in office? The twentieth President James A. Garfield.

On 2 July 1881 he was shot by Charles Guiteau who was upset on being passed over as the US consul. President Garfield died on 19 Sept due to the infection caused by the shot wound. Who was the third President to be assassinated in office? The 25th President William McKinley was shot by Leon Czolgosz on 6 Sep 1901 and died from his wounds on 14 Sept 1901. Who was the fourth President to be assassinated in office? The 35th President John F. Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald on 22 Nov 1963 and died from his wound the same day. Who was the first President to be impeached by the House of Representatives? The seventeenth President Andrew Johnson was the first President to be impeached by the House of Representatives. He was subsequently acquitted in the Senate by a single vote. Who was the second President to be impeached by the House of Representatives? The 42nd President Bill Clinton was the second President to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Which President resigned his presidency rather than face the impeachment procedure over the Watergate scandal? President Richard Nixon.

Who was the only President to serve as President without being elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency? President Gerald Ford. Which President after his term in office later served on the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice of the United States? President William Howard Taft. Which President after his term in office was elected to the House of Representatives? President John Quincy Adams. Which President after his term in office was elected to the US Senate? President Andrew Johnson. Who was the US President during World War I? The 28th President Woodrow Wilson. The US declared war against Germany on 6 April 1917 under his presidency. Who was the US President during World War II? The 32nd President Franklin Delano Roosevelt till his death on 12 April 1945 and then the 33rd President Harry S. Truman. In whose presidency did the 1929 Stock Market Crash took place which ushered in the Great Depression? President Herbert Clark Hoover. Which President was elected to an unprecedented four terms of office? President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Question: Who served as the 29th President of the USA from 1921 to 1923 with the largest popular vote in any Presidential election?
Answer: Warren Harding