Warren Harding

(noun)

Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865–1923) was the 29th President of the United States (1921–1923).

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Examples of Warren Harding in the following topics:

  • Postwar Politics and the Election of 1920

    • Warren Harding won the 1920 Presidential election, which was dominated by post-World War I concerns and hostility towards Wilson's policies.
    • The Republicans nominated Senator Warren G.
    • With an almost four-to-one spending advantage, Harding won a landslide victory .
    • Harding waffled on the League, thereby keeping Republican "irreconcilables" in line.
    • Identify the post-war campaign issues that led to the election of Warren Harding in the 1920 election.

  • The Election of 1920

    • In the 1920 presidential election, Republican Senator Warren G.
    • Harding soundly defeated Democratic Governor James M.
    • The Republicans chose Senator Warren G.
    • Republican Senator Warren Harding of Ohio secured a sweeping victory in the 1920 presidential election.
    • Democratic candidate James Cox, the governor of Ohio, lost to Warren Harding in the presidential election of 1920.

  • Early Public Opinion Research and Polling

    • Mailing out millions of postcards and simply counting the returns, the Digest correctly predicted the victories of Warren Harding in 1920, Calvin Coolidge in 1924, Herbert Hoover in 1929, and Franklin Roosevelt in 1932.

  • The Importance of Accuracy

    • After correctly predicting the victories of Warren Harding in 1920, Calvin Coolidge in 1924, Herbert Hoover in 1929, and Franklin Roosevelt in 1932, the Literary Digest had established itself as a well-known and well-respected publication.

  • Harding's Policies

    • President Warren G.
    • In an age of severe racial intolerance, Harding refused to engage in the typical racial animosity.
    • Harding placed African-Americans in some important federal positions, such as Walter L.
    • President Harding assumed office in 1921, in the midst of a postwar economic decline.
    • Identify the Harding administration's beneficial policies and those that were less popular.

  • The Republican Era

    • President Harding ushered in a new Republican era in 1920, and was followed by Presidents Coolidge and Hoover.
    • A Republican from Ohio, President Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher.
    • Harding departed from the progressive movement that had dominated Congress since President Theodore Roosevelt.
    • In August 1923, President Harding died in office and was succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge.
    • Describe the new directions taken by Harding and Coolidge away from the Progressive policies of their predecessors

  • Wilson's Loss at Home

    • After Wilson's successor, Warren G.
    • Harding, continued American opposition to the League of Nations, Congress passed the Knox–Porter Resolution, bringing a formal end to hostilities between the U.S. and the Central Powers.
    • It was signed into law by Harding on July 21, 1921.

  • The New Era

    • In the U.S. presidential election of 1920, the Republican Party ran Warren G.
    • Harding on a promise of a "return to normalcy" after the years of war, ethnic hatreds, race riots and exhausting reforms.
    • Harding proposed a settlement that was rejected by the rail companies, while Attorney General Harry M.
    • Vice President Calvin Coolidge succeeded Harding and in many ways could not have been more different than his predecessor.
    • A dour, puritanical and spotlessly honest man, Coolidge’s White House stood in sharp contrast to that of Harding.

  • Administrative Corruption

    • After Warren G.
    • Harding himself was involved in scandals with women.
    • Harding had another affair with a woman named Nan Britton, the daughter of a friend of Harding, while he was still a senator and continuing throughout his presidency.
    • She also claimed they had a child together the year before his election as president, but it was not until 2015 that DNA testing confirmed Britton’s daughter, Elizabeth Ann Britton Harding Blaesing, was indeed fathered by Harding.
    • Identify the Teapot Dome Scandal and its effect on the Harding administration

  • The Warren Court

    • The Warren Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States between 1953 and 1969, when Earl Warren served as Chief Justice.
    • When Warren joined the Court, all the justices had been appointed by Franklin D.
    • Warren's priority on fairness shaped other major decisions.
    • In Warren's California, Los Angeles County had only one state senator.
    • The Supreme Court in 1953, with Chief Justice Earl Warren sitting center.