The Presidents of the USA

Fast Facts

Warren Harding

1921-1923

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Warren Gamaliel Harding

birthplace

Blooming Grove, OH

birthday

November 2

Life

1865-1923

age

OFC:55 , d. 58

party

Republican

presidency highlights

Teapot Dome and other scandals — 1923: Death in office

nickname:

—

vice-president:

Calvin Coolidge

previous office

Senator (Ohio)

key background fact:

He had been a successful publisher of the Marion Star newspaper

occupation

Newspaper Publisher/Editor

military service

none

children

—

wife:

Florence Kling DeWolfe (1891)

height

6' 0'' / 1.83 m

higher education

Ohio Central College

religion

Baptist

quote

"America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration."

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actions & events

1921 Federal Highway Act - the age of the "motor car"
1922 Great Railway strike
Bureau of Veterans Affairs
Teapot Dome scandal and many others

economy

Tax cuts for the rich and the end of antitrust policies
1921 Budget Bureau
1921 Emergency Tariff
1922 Capper-Volstead Act: farmers unions allowed

foreign affairs

1921 Knox–Porter Resolution: official end of war with Germany & Austria
1921-22 Naval Disarmament Conference to limit battleships

military activity

unique facts

The first publisher to become president.
The highest ever percentage of vote in 1920 election: 60%
The first president to visit Alaska and Canada.

interesting

Had suffered nervous breakdowns at age 24 and spent time in a sanitarium.
Organized liquor parties and poker nights in White House despite prohibition. Had countless mistresses.

military activity

Legacy

Presided over one of the most corrupt administrations. Very popular as president, he was later regarded as one of the worst presidents. Hardworking though. He pushed a pro-business agenda.

Harding and Coolidge