Warren G Harding Facts - 29th President of USA

The twenty-ninth president of the United States of America Warren G Harding Facts. Harding was born in Corsica, Ohio on November 2, 1865.


To know more about, he was the oldest out of eight children born to Phoebe Elizabeth Harding and Dr. George Tryon Harding, Sr.

Warren G Harding Life

His father was a teacher at a rural school in Ohio, and his mother was a midwife who later received her medical license. It is possible that one of Harding's great-grandmothers may have been an African American. This family moved to Caledonia, Ohio, where his father had a weekly newspaper, and Harding learned about the journalism business.

Warren G Harding Education

He continued his studies at Ohio Central College. When he graduated, he moved to Marion, Ohio and he and two of his friends purchased the Marion Daily Star. He used the newspaper to promote the Republican Party.

The paper became one of the most popular newspapers in his county, but he was becoming exhausted with nervous fatigue as a result. In order to get his strength back, he spent a few weeks at Battle Creek Sanitarium.

Warren G Harding Marriage

Harding married Florence Kling DeWolfe, who was the daughter of his enemy, Amos Hall Kling. Important to know that she was five years older than him and had a (Marshall Eugene DeWolfe) son. She had pursued him and he reluctantly proposed to her. Her father was livid, and as a result, forbade Florence's mother to go to the wedding, and he never spoke to his daughter or his new son-in-law for eight years.

Especially, the personalities of Warren and Florence were said to complement one another, as she was no-nonsense, and he was affable.  Many say that she helped make the newspaper into a profitable success.

President Warren G Harding

While running his newspaper he also served in the Ohio Senate from 1899 until 1903 and was also the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1903 until 1905. He was a U.S. Senator from 1915 until 1921. He won the 1920 election with the largest presidential popular vote landslide in history with approximately 60% to 34%.

As president, he signed peace treaties building on the Treaty of Versailles and made way for the world Naval disarmament at the Washington Naval Conference that was in 1921 until 1922. He also was president during peace treaties signed with Austria, Hungary, and Germany that ended World War I for the United States. He established the Veterans' Bureau.

There is much mystery surrounding his death, especially after his wife refused permission for an autopsy. Because Warren Harding died on August 2, 1923, while in conversation with his wife. It is believed, however, that his cause of death was congestive heart failure.

President Warren Harding Facts

NICKNAME
Wobbly Warren

BIRTH
Warren Gamaliel Harding was born November 2, 1865
in Corsica (Blooming Grove) Ohio

MOTHER
Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson

FATHER
George Tyron Harding

SISTERS
Charity Malvina, Mary Charissa, Eleanor Priscilla,
Abigail Victoria, and Phoebe Caroline

BROTHERS
Charles Alexander and George Tryon

MARRIAGE
Florence Kling De Wolfe July 8, 1891, in Marion, Ohio

CHILDREN
None

HOME
Harding Home and Museum, 380 Mt. Vernon Ave, Marion, Ohio

EDUCATION
Local Schools
Ohio Central College (1882)

RELIGION
Baptist

PRE-PRESIDENCY PROFESSION
Newspaper editor

MILITARY SERVICE
None

POLITICAL LIFE

Ohio State Senator (1899-1903)
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1903-1905)
US Senator (1915-1921)
US President, one term

POLITICAL PARTY
Republican

INAUGURATION
Mar 4, 1921, at the age of 55
Warren Gamaliel Harding - Inaugural Address

Warren Harding Administration

PRESIDENCY
One term (March 4, 1921-August 2, 1923)

VICE PRESIDENT
Calvin Coolidge (1921-1923)

FIRST LADY
Florence Harding (1921-1923)
Facts about Florence Harding
Biography of Florence Harding

SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS
William H. Taft (1921)
George Sutherland (1922)
Pierce Butler (1922)
Edward T. Sanford (1923)

Warren Harding Cabinet

SECRETARY OF STATE
Charles Evans Hughes (1921-1923)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
Andrew Mellon (1921-1923)

SECRETARY OF WAR
John W. Weeks (1921-1923)

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Harry M. Daugherty (1921-1923)

POSTMASTER GENERAL
Will Hays (1921-1922)
Hubert Work (1922-1923)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Edwin Denby (1921-1923)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Albert B. Fall (1921-1923)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
Henry C. Wallace (1921-1923)

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
Herbert Hoover (1921-1923)

SECRETARY OF LABOR
James J. Davis (1921-1923)

POST PRESIDENCY LIFE

Died in Office

DEATH
August 2, 1923, in San Francisco California at the age of 57

BURIAL PLACE
Hillside Cemetery, Marion, Ohio

LANDMARKS
Harding Home and Museum and Harding, Memorial (grave)
Marion, Ohio