life of warren g. harding

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  • Warren G. Harding's Birth

    Warren G. Harding was born in Blooming Grove Ohio on November 2nd 1865
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    Life of Warren G. Harding

  • Younger Life/ College

    At age 14 Warren attended Ohio central college and graduated in 1882. After his graduation Harding taught in a country school and Harding also sold insurance.

  • More younger life/ start of political career

    Harding started his political career at 1898, He won a seat at the Ohio legislatur and then he served two terms while being there.

  • Getting elected for president

    A political insider names Harry Daughtery began promoting Harding for a republican presidential nomination. Daughtery believed harding looked like a president. He was well respected and had no political enemies.

  • Presidential run

    During his campaign Harding pledged to give his country "normalacy" using nice soft speeches gaining 61% of the votes and winning 37 of 48 states.

  • Important facts/ biggest disaster

    One of the worst disasters that happened while he was president was the Tea Pot Dome scandal. The secratary of the Interior Albert B. Fall gave oil lands in Wyoming to companies and people just so he would get personal loans. Daughtery was forced to resign soon after.

  • Death of Harding

    On this day Harding suffered from a massive heart attack and died immediently, some rumors have it that Harding's wife poisioned him to prevent facing charges of corruption

  • Love affairs / Facts

    Rumors scattered around while Harding was in office but nobody knew for sure if he was having an affair. It wasn't till after his death that his affairs became public. There was a book made by one of his lovers saying that he fathered one of her daughters while being senator. The Brtitten family was later humilliated to all the public for the book

  • How Harding effects us today/ Legacy

    Harding was considered one of the worst presidents. He was believed to see being president ceremonial more than it was for work. His role was very important with the movement from the Progressive Era and the years of prosperity in the 1920's