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Warren G. Harding at the Marion Star Photographs

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Title	Warren G. Harding at the Marion Star Photographs
Subject	Presidents and Politics Presidential elections Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 Typesetting Journalism
Place	Marion (Ohio) Marion County (Ohio)
Description	These photographs, which measure 6.5" by 5.5" (17 by 11 cm), show Warren Harding at the headquarters of his newspaper, the Marion Star, during the 1920 "front porch" campaign. The first two images show Harding setting type, and the third image shows Harding reading the finished product from the presses. Harding ran his 1920 presidential campaign from the front porch of his Victorian house in Marion, Ohio. People from all over Ohio and the United States came to hear him speak. Frequently, his speeches were then printed in newspapers and recorded on phonograph for the rest of the country. Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) was born in Corsica (now called Blooming Grove), a small town in Morrow County, Ohio. Harding graduated from Ohio Central College in Iberia at the age of sixteen. His family moved to Marion, where Harding taught school and briefly studied law. He worked occasionally as a reporter for a local paper before buying the Marion Star in 1884. Within five years, the Star was one of the most successful small-town newspapers in the state. Harding became popular as the leader of the Citizen's Coronet Band, which played at political rallies, and for his skill as an orator. Willing to follow the lead of political bosses, Harding advanced rapidly in Ohio politics, serving as state senator and lieutenant governor. In 1914 Harding was elected to the U. S. Senate. He launched his famous "front porch" 1920 presidential campaign from the porch of his Victorian home in Marion, Ohio. He won the presidency with sixty percent of the popular vote, promising a "return to normalcy" following the wave of reforms begun during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. As President, Harding appointed several friends to federal office who proved untrustworthy. His administration was tainted by corruption, and the infamous "Teapot Dome" scandal (in which Harding's Secretary of the Interior leased a U.S. petroleum reserve to a private oil company) nearly destroyed his presidency. After he died in office in August 1923, other scandals were uncovered, further tarnishing Harding's reputation.
Creator	Edmonton Studio
Date of Original	1920
Collection	Warren Harding Photograph Collection
Source	Audiovisual material; P 146
Format	picture
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
Date created	2010-06-04

Title	Om1523_1506464_053
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om1523_1506464_053.tif
Image Height	1849
Image Width	2624
File Size	418.912 KB
Date created	2009-01-21

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