Warren Gamaliel Harding
At a Glance
29th President of the United States (1921-1923)
Born: November 2, 1865, Corsica (now Blooming Grove), Ohio
Nickname: None
Education: Ohio Central College (graduated 1882)
Religion: Baptist
Marriage: July 8, 1891, to Florence Kling DeWolfe (1860-1924)
Children: None
Career: Editor-Publisher
Political Party: Republican
Writings: Rededicating America (1920), with Frederick E.Shortemeier; Our Common Country (1921), ed. by Frederick E. Shortemeier
Died: August 2, 1923, San Francisco, California
Buried: Hillside Cemetery, Marion, Ohio
A Life in Brief: A conservative politician from Ohio, 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? More....
Essays on Warren Gamaliel Harding and His Administration
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Warren Gamaliel Harding
A Life in Brief • Life Before the Presidency • Campaigns and Elections • Domestic Affairs • Foreign Affairs • Death of the President • Family Life • The American Franchise • Impact and Legacy • Key Events |
| First Lady Florence Harding |
| Vice President Calvin Coolidge (1921 - 1923) |
| Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes (1921 - 1923) |
| Secretary of War John W. Weeks (1921 - 1923) |
| Postmaster General William H. Hays (1921 - 1922) • Hubert Work (1922 - 1923) • Harry S. New (1923) |
| Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall (1921 - 1923) • Hubert Work (1923) |
| Secretary of Commerce Herbert C. Hoover (1921 - 1923) |
| Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon (1921 - 1923) |
| Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty (1921 - 1923) |
| Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby (1921 - 1923) |
| Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace (1921 - 1923) |
| Secretary of Labor James J. Davis (1921 - 1923) |
Consulting Editor: Eugene Trani
Dr. Trani is the president of Virginia Commonwealth University. His writings include:
Presidency of Warren G. Harding ( part of the American Presidency Series, co-authored with David L. Wilson, The Regents Press of Kansas, 1977; second printing, 1985; third printing, 1989)
The First Cold War: The Legacy of Woodrow Wilson in U.S.-Soviet Relations (Co-authored with Donald E. Davis, published in English by University of Missouri Press, 2002; in Russian by Olma-Press Publishing House, 2002; in Chinese by Peking University Press, 2007)
Presidential SpeechesBelow are selections from the Miller Center's Warren Gamaliel Harding speech collection. To view the Miller Center's other speeches by Warren Gamaliel Harding or by another President, please click the link below. |
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Miller Center Scholarship and SpeakersThe Miller Center of Public Affairs is a national nonpartisan center to research, reflect, and report on American government, with special attention to the central role and history of the presidency. Below is a selection of Miller Center resources on Warren Gamaliel Harding.
Click here to learn more about the Center’s National Commission on Presidential Disability and the 25th Amendment and its relationship to Harding. |
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Scripps Library Reference ResourcesBelow are links to reference resources prepared by the Miller Center's Scripps Library that are designed to help students and scholars quickly conduct their research. Information on Warren Gamaliel Harding's Private and Public Papers |
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