AV 116 Warren G. Harding Presidential Collection

              AV 116
Warren G. Harding Presidential Collection
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OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Manuscripts/Audiovisual Collections
AV 116
Warren G. Harding Presidential Collection
Ca. 1885-1980
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Number:
AV 116
Title:
Warren G. Harding Presidential Collection
Creator:
Ohio Historical Society
Dates:
Ca. 1885-1980
Media:
Photographs, ephemera, newspaper clippings
Quantity:
1.83 cubic feet
Location:
Ohio Historical Center
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE COLLECTION
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the twenty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1923, his term ending when he died from a heart attack at age 57. A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate (1899–1903); as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1903–1905) and as a U.S. Senator (1915–1921).
His political leanings were conservative, which enabled him to become the compromise choice at the 1920 Republican National Convention. During his presidential campaign, held in the aftermath of World War I, he promised a return to "normalcy"; and, in the 1920 election, he defeated his Democratic opponent, fellow Ohioan James M. Cox, in the biggest landslide in American history—60.36% to 34.19%.
Harding headed a cabinet of notable men such as Charles Evans Hughes, Andrew Mellon, Herbert Hoover and Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, who was jailed for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal. In foreign affairs, Harding signed peace treaties that built on the Treaty of Versailles which formally ended World War I. He also led the way to world naval disarmament at the Washington Naval Conference of 1921–22.