5 interesting facts about warren g. harding

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.

Warren G. Harding: Life in Brief

A conservative politician from Ohio, Warren G. Harding had few enemies because he rarely took a firm enough stand on an issue to make any. Who would have suspected that the man to succeed Woodrow Wilson, America's most visionary President, would be a man who saw the President's role as largely ceremonial?

Warren Harding was raised in a small town in Ohio. His wholesome and picture-book childhood—farm chores, swimming in the local creek, and playing in the village band—was the basis of his down-home appeal later in life. As a young man, Harding brought a nearly bankrupt newspaper, the Marion Star, back to life. The paper became a favorite with Ohio politicians of both parties because of Harding's evenhanded reporting. Always well-liked for his good-natured manner, Harding won a seat in the Ohio State Senate, serving two terms before becoming a U.S. senator from Ohio in 1914. During his term as senator, Harding missed more sessions than he attended, being absent for key debates on prohibition and women's suffrage. Taking no stands meant making n

Warren G. Harding

President of the United States from 1921 to 1923

"Warren Harding" redirects here. For other uses, see Warren Harding (disambiguation).

Warren G. Harding

Portrait, c. 1920

In office
March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923
Vice PresidentCalvin Coolidge
Preceded byWoodrow Wilson
Succeeded byCalvin Coolidge
In office
March 4, 1915 – January 13, 1921
Preceded byTheodore E. Burton
Succeeded byFrank B. Willis
In office
January 11, 1904 – January 8, 1906
GovernorMyron T. Herrick
Preceded byHarry L. Gordon
Succeeded byAndrew L. Harris
In office
January 1, 1900 – January 4, 1904
Preceded byHenry May
Succeeded bySamuel H. West
Born

Warren Gamaliel Harding


(1865-11-02)November 2, 1865
Blooming Grove, Ohio, U.S.
DiedAugust 2, 1923(1923-08-02) (aged 57)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Resting placeHarding Tomb
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
ChildrenElizabeth (with Nan Britton)
Parent
EducationOhio Central College

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