OVERVIEW:

BORN:
November 2, 1865;
Blooming Grove, Ohio

DIED:
August 2, 1923 (age 57)
San Francisco, California

EDUCATION:
Ohio Central College (B.A.)

SPOUSE:
Florence Kling (m. 1891)

CHILDREN:
Elizabeth (with Nan Britton)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1900-1904
Member, Ohio Senate
1904-1906:
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
1915-1921:
U.S. Senator (R-Ohio)
1921-1923:
29th President of the United States

FIRST LADY:

VICE PRESIDENT:

RESOURCES:

Public Papers (American Presidency Project)
Speech Archive (Miller Center)
Carrie Fulton Phillips Correspondence  (Library of Congress)
Library of Congress 
Ohio Memory
Our Common Country (Warren Harding)
Rededicating America: Life and Recent Speeches
White House
The Miller Center (UVA)
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
History Channel
Obituary (New York Times)

NOTABLE BOOKS:

THE SHADOW OF BLOOMING GROVE
by Francis Russell

1920 ELECTION:

REPUBLICANS:
WARREN G. HARDING (PRESIDENT)
CALVIN COOLIDGE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 404 (76.1%)
Popular Vote: 16,151,916 (60.3%)

DEMOCRATS:
JAMES M. COX (PRESIDENT)
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 127 (23.9%)
Popular Vote: 9,134,074 (34.1%)

1921 INAUGURATION:

1921 Address (Transcript, Video)
Library of Congress 
Joint Congressional Committee  

HARDING ADMINISTRATION:

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Henry C. Wallace (1921–1924)

BUDGET DIRECTOR:
Charles G. Dawes (1921-1922)
Herbert M. Lord (1922-1929)

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE:
Herbert C. Hoover (1921–1928)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Albert B. Fall (1921–1923)
Hubert Work (1923-1928)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Harry M. Daugherty (1921–1923)

SECRETARY OF LABOR:
James J. Davis (1921–1930)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
Edwin Denby (1921–1923)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
Will H. Hays (1921–1922)
Hubert Work (1922–1923)
Harry S. New (1923-1929)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Charles Evans Hughes (1921–1923)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Andrew W. Mellon (1921–1929)

DIRECTOR OF THE VETERANS BUREAU:
Charles R. Forbes (1921-1923)
Frank T. Hines

SECRETARY OF WAR:
John W. Weeks (1921–1925)

CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE:
Daniel R. Crissinger (1923-1927)

COUNSELORS/ ADVISORS:
George B. Christian

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

William H. Taft (1921-1930)
George A. Sutherland (1922-1938)
Pierce Butler (1922-1939)
Edward T. Sanford (1923-1930)

CONGRESS:

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER (UNOFFICIAL):
Henry Cabot Lodge (1918-1924)

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Frederick H. Gillett (1919-1925)

HISTORIC SITES:

Warren G. Harding Home (Ohio)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

A President of the Peephole (WP, 6/7/1988)
The Strange Death of Warren G. Harding (PBS NewsHour)
DNA Is Said to Solve a Mystery of Warren Harding’s Love Life (NYT)