Political Information Net Encyclopedia Warren G. Harding Encyclopedia of Political Information. Warren G. Harding Order: 29th President Term of Office: March 4, 1921 - August 2, 1923 Followed: Woodrow Wilson Succeeded by: Calvin Coolidge Date of Birth November 2, 1865 Place of Birth: Blooming Grove, Ohio Date of Death: August 2, 1923 Place of Death: San Francisco, California First Lady Florence Kling De Wolfe Profession: publisher Political Party Republican Vice President Calvin Coolidge Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 - August 2, 1923) was the 29th (1921-1923) President of the United States and the sixth President to die in office. Table of contents 1 Biography 2 Supreme Court appointments 3 Related articles 4 External links Biography Harding was born in Blooming Grove, Morrow County, Ohio, November 2, 1865 and graduated from Ohio Central College at Iberia. He was the first sitting Senator to be elected President . Before becoming a Senator, he was a Newspaper publisher and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. Harding was the oldest of six children; his boyhood heroes were Alexander Hamilton and Napoleon. His mother was a doctor. Prior to being President of the United States, Harding served as Ohio State Senator (1899-1903), Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1903-1905), and U.S. Senator (1915-1921). As U.S. Senator, he had a terrible attendance record, missing over 2/3s of the roll-call votes, including the vote to send the 19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage) to the States for ratification. | |
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