NAME:

Warren Gamaliel Harding


BORN: November 2, 1865

PARENTS:
George Tyron Harding and Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson Harding

COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS:
born...Corsica, Ohio (present day Blooming Grove), Marion County

OCCUPATION:

newspaper publisher
Ohio state senator
Lieutenant Governor, Ohio
U.S. Senator, 1914-1920

President of the United States,
March 4, 1921 - August 2, 1923 (died in office)
(part of one term, Republican)
29th President

DIED:
August 2, 1923, San Francisco, California


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FAST FACTS:

WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT:
Vice President: Calvin Coolidge

Some Key Events:
Harding was the first President to ride in an automobile to his inauguration. The Teapot Dome Scandel nearly destroyed Harding's administration. Harding died of a heart attack while in San Francisco.


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