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Works written in the late 1920s helped shape Harding's historical reputation: William Allen White's Masks in a Pageant (1928) mocked and dismissed Harding, as did Samuel Hopkins Adams' fictionalized account of the Harding administration, Revelry (1926). [4] These books depicted Harding's time in office as one of great presidential weakness. [5]
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923.A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents while in office.
Hagiographic accounts of Harding's life quickly followed his death, such as Joe Mitchell Chapple's Life and Times of Warren G. Harding, Our After-War President (1924). [208] By then, the scandals were breaking, and the Harding administration soon became a byword for corruption in the view of the public.
The Teapot Dome scandal was a political corruption scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding.It centered on Interior Secretary Albert Bacon Fall, who had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, as well as two locations in California, to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. [1]
The Ohio Gang was a gang of politicians and industry leaders closely surrounding Warren G. Harding, the 29th president of the United States.Many of these individuals came into Harding's personal orbit during his tenure as a state-level politician in Ohio, hence the name.
A presidential love scandal is set to go on display more than 100 years after it began. Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States, but before he and his first lady entered the ...
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Mourners outside the home of Dr. George Harding, father of President Warren G. Harding, in August 2023. The president died of a heart attack on Aug. 2, 1923, during a tour of the American West.