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Warren Harding

Warren Harding

Concise Biography, History & Facts About President Warren Harding
Twenty-Ninth President - Warren Gamaliel Harding
Warren Harding Lifespan: 1865 - 1923
Place of Birth - November 2, 1865 in Corsica (Blooming Grove), Ohio
Education - Ohio Central College (graduated 1882)
Term as President - 1921-1923
Warren Harding Political Party - Republican
Vice President / Vice Presidents - Calvin Coolidge
Religion - Baptist
Warren Harding, Military Experience - none
Name of Wife - Warren Harding was married to Florence Kling Harding(Flossie) in 1891. They had no children

Career of Warren Harding - Editor-Publisher, Politician, Statesman
Member of Ohio State Senate, 1900-04
Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio, 1904-06
United States Senator, 1915-21
Place of Death - Warren Harding died on
August 2, 1923 during his Presidency while visiting San Francisco, California
Warren Harding was buried in Harding Memorial, Marion, Ohio
Next President: President Calvin Coolidge 

Major Events during his presidency

  • Harding officially opposed entry into the League of Nations (1921)

  • World War I was formally ended by joint resolution (1921)
  • War protestor Eugene V. Debs was pardoned (1921)
  • US, France, Great Britain, Japan, and Italy sign an agreement to limit naval armaments (1922)

Scandal during his presidency

  • Teapot Dome Scandal - a bribery scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921

  • He was a weak, inept president and many of his advisors were dishonest and later charged with defrauding the government
  • He had affairs with at least two women. Carrie Phillips and Nan Britton
  • There were rumors that Flossie had poisoned the President to save him from being engulfed in the charges of corruption

Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was President Warren Harding

  • Description of President Warren Harding - Height 6 feet 0 inches

  • Harding brought a nearly bankrupt newspaper, the Marion Star, back to life which became a favorite with Ohio politicians
  • Warren Harding was the first candidate to hire a speechwriter
  • Age at Inauguration - 55 years old
  • He was a weak, inept president and many of his advisors were dishonest and later charged with defrauding the government
  • Warren Harding was known as a "good fellow," he gambled, drink whiskey, smoked, and played golf with friends
  • Hosted weekly poker games at the White House and once lost all of the White House china gambling
  • Warren Harding Age at Death - 57 years old
  • Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was Warren Harding

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