Warren G. Harding served as the 29th President of the United States from 1921 to 1923. He was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865 and published the Marion Star newspaper before serving as a U.S. senator from Ohio.
A Republican, Harding campaigned from his Marion front porch in 1920, promising a return to normalcy after World War I.
Key Moments
His administration hosted the Washington Naval Conference to limit naval arms and created the Bureau of the Budget. He died in office in San Francisco on August 2, 1923. The Teapot Dome scandal involving members of his administration came to light afterward.
Ohio Connection
The Harding Home in Marion is now a presidential site and museum, and the Harding Memorial, where he and Florence Harding are buried, stands nearby.
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