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  Harding, Warren G.
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationRepublican  
  1921-01-01  
 
NameWarren G. Harding
Address
Marion, Ohio , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born November 02, 1865
DiedAugust 02, 1923 (57 years)
ContributorJake
Last ModifedChronicler
Nov 02, 2020 04:34am
Tags Caucasian - English - Married - Freemason - Baptist - Straight -
Info29th President (March 4th, 1921 - August 2d, 1923)
Height: 6'0"
b. Blooming Grove (now Corsica), Ohio.

After study (1879-82) at Ohio Central College, he moved with his family to Marion, Ohio, where he devoted himself to journalism. He bought the Marion Star, built up the newspaper, and became a member of the small group that dominated local affairs. He entered Ohio Republican politics and was (1899-1903) a member of the state legislature. Harding served as lieutenant governor (1904-5), but he was defeated (1910) as Republican candidate for governor. His talent for public speaking and his affable personality won Harding the support of the political leaders as well as of the people and enabled him to rise into national politics; he was picked to nominate William Howard Taft at the convention of 1912, and he was elected (1914) to the U.S. Senate. His six-year stay in the Senate was undistinguished, for he followed the party whips on domestic legislation and Henry Cabot Lodge on issues concerning the peace. In 1920, Harding was nominated for the presidency, largely through the efforts of a group of Senators, after successive balloting for Gen. Leonard Wood and Frank O. Lowden had deadlocked the Republican convention. His vague pronouncements on the League of Nations and his noncommittal utterances in the campaign helped him to win the election, defeating the Democratic candidate, James M. Cox, by an impressive majority.

The administration that followed was marked by one achievement, the calling of the Washington Conference (see naval conferences). Harding, conscious of his own limitations, had promised to rely on a cabinet of "best minds," but unfortunately he chose-along with more capable advisers-men who lacked any sense of public responsibility. At the time of the legislative deadlock of 1923 came rumors of scandals in the Veterans' Bureau, in the Office of the Alien Property Custodian, and in the departments of the Interior and Justice. In the midst of these rumors, Harding died suddenly (Aug., 1923) in San Francisco on his return from a journey to Alaska. Thus he was not troubled by the exposure of the Teapot Dome scandal and was spared the humiliation of seeing his appointees Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall and Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty brought to the bar of justice. Lesser scandals were also exposed, and H

First Appeared on a United States Postage Stamp in 1923.
Vote totals for elections in which was nominated for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1900-1965): 1950-0, 1965-0.


JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
06/13/2007-06/24/2007 Rasmussen Reports 29.00% ( 0.0) 33.00% ( 0.0) 38.00% ( 0.0)

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor
Republican Ascendancy 1921-1933  Purchase Chronicler 

EVENTS
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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jul 12, 2010 06:00am Announcement Harding to get thriller treatment  Article RP 

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FAMILY
Wife Florence Kling Harding Jul 08, 1891-Aug 02, 1923
Stepson Eugene Marshall "Pete" DeWolfe 1880-1915

INFORMATION LINKS
Harding Home  Discuss
President Warren Harding Inaugural Address March 4, 1921  Discuss
Warren Harding - First Annual Message (December 6, 1921)  Discuss
Warren Harding - Second Annual Message (December 8, 1922)  Discuss
RACES
  10/10/1923 Nobel Peace Prize Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  10/10/1922 Nobel Peace Prize Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  01/10/1921 US President Won 76.08% (+52.17%)
  11/02/1920 US President National Vote Won 60.33% (+26.22%)
  06/12/1920 US President - R Convention Won 37.40% (+19.11%)
  06/01/1920 US President - R Primaries Lost 4.54% (-25.76%)
  04/27/1920 OH US President - R Primary Won 47.58% (+5.67%)
  04/27/1920 NJ US President - R Primary Lost 0.04% (-50.02%)
  04/23/1920 MT US President - R Primary Lost 1.80% (-50.60%)
  07/01/1916 US President - R Primaries Lost 0.01% (-23.57%)
  06/10/1916 US President - R Convention Lost 0.06% (-54.95%)
  06/03/1916 US Vice President - R Primaries Lost 0.00% (-53.41%)
  04/25/1916 OH - Vice President - R Primary Lost 6.25% (-43.75%)
  04/25/1916 OH US President - R Primary Lost 0.15% (-86.69%)
  11/08/1914 OH US Senate Won 49.16% (+9.57%)
  11/08/1910 OH Governor Lost 40.75% (-10.86%)
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