Warren G. Harding

Warren G. Harding

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Warren Gamaliel Harding 29th President of the United States (March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923) Nickname: None listed. Born: November 2, 1865, near Corsica (now Blooming Grove), Ohio Died: August 2, 1923, in San Francisco, California

Father: George Tyron Harding Mother: Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson Harding Married: Florence Kling Harding (1860-1924), on July 8, 1891 Children: Elizabeth Ann Blaesing (illegitimate child by Nan Britton) (1919-2005) Religion: Baptist Education: Graduated from Ohio Central College (1882) Occupation: Editor-Publisher Political Party: Republican Other Government Positions:

Member of Ohio State Senate, 1900-04
Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio, 1904-06
United States Senator, 1915-21

Presidential Salary: $75,000/year

**Presidential Election Results:**
Year		Popular Votes	Electoral Votes
1920	Warren G. Harding	16,143,407	404
	James M. Cox	9,130,328	127

Vice President: Calvin Coolidge (1921-23) Cabinet:

Secretary of State: Charles Evans Hughes (1921-23)
Secretary of the Treasury: Andrew W. Mellon (1921-23)
Secretary of War: John W. Weeks (1921-23)
Attorney General: Harry M. Daugherty (1921-23)
Postmaster General: William H. Hays (1921-22); Hubert Work (1922-23); Harry S. New (1923)
Secretary of the Navy: Edwin Denby (1921-23)
Secretary of the Interior: Albert B. Fall (1921-23); Hubert Work (1923)
Secretary of Agriculture: Henry C. Wallace (1921-23)
Secretary of Commerce: Herbert C. Hoover (1921-23)
Secretary of Labor: James J. Davis (1921-23)

Supreme Court Appointments:

Chief Justice: William Howard Taft (1921-30)
Associate Justice: George Sutherland (1922-38); Pierce Butler (1923-39); Edward Terry Sanford (1923-30)

Notable Events:

1921
- Peace between Germany and Austria declared.
1922
- Beginning of the Teapot Dome Scandal
- Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act

Internet Biographies:

Warren G. Harding — from The Presidents of the United States of America: Compiled by the White House.
Warren G. Harding — from American Presidents: Life Portraits — C-SPAN: Biographical information, trivia, key events, video, and other reference materials. Website created to accompany C-SPAN’s 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits.
Warren Harding — from U.S. Presidents: From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, in addition to information on the Presidents themselves, they have first lady and cabinet member biographies, listings of presidential staff and advisers, and timelines detailing significant events in the lives of each administration.

Historical Documents:

Inaugural Address (1921)

Media Resources:

Audio
From a speech in which Harding repeatedly uses the term: “America First” (4:42): MP3; From the Vincent Voice Library at Michigan State University.
“Readjustment” from the 1920 election campaign: From the Library of Congress Voices of the Presidential Election of 1920.

Other Internet Resources: Points of Interest:

He was the first newspaper publisher to be elected president.
Both of Harding’s parents were doctors.
He suffered nervous breakdowns at the age of 24 and had to spend some time in a sanitarium.
One of his sisters was a Washington, D.C. policewoman.
Harding was the first president to ride to his inauguration in an automobile.
He was the first president to own a radio and the first to speak over the radio airwaves.
Harding was the first president to visit Canada and Alaska.
While president, Harding played golf, poker twice a week, followed baseball and boxing, and sneaked off to burlesque shows. His advisors were known as the “Poker Cabinet” because they all played poker together.
Harding wore size fourteen shoes. He had the largest feet of the presidents.
Harding was the first president to be survived by his father.

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