WARREN G HARDING 1865 1923 TWENTY NINTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HARDING WARREN G 1865 1923 ELECTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES ELECTIONS AND POLITICS WARREN HARDING BORN IN CORSICA OHIO WARREN G HARDING STUDIED AT OHIO CENTRAL COLLEGE HE BECAME A JOURNALIST FOR THE MARION STAR NEWSPAPER IN OHIO BY 1884 HE WAS THE OWNER AND EDITOR OF THE PAPER THAT SAME YEAR HE JOINED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HARDING SERVED IN THE OHIO STATE SENATE FROM 1899 TO 1902 AND WAS THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF OHIO FROM 1903 TO 1904 HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN TWO CAMPAIGNS FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP BUT WAS ELECTED TO THE U.S SENATE IN 1915 IN 1920 REPUBLICAN PARTY BOSSES SELECTED HARDING AS A COMPROMISE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT HARDING CALLED FOR A RETURN TO NORMALCY AFTER WORLD WAR I AND WON THE ELECTION IN A LANDSLIDE HARDING FAVORED PROTECTIVE TARIFFS AND OPPOSED THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS HE DIED IN 1923 WHILE ON A SPEAKING TOUR IN SAN FRANCISCO AFTER HIS DEATH THE CORRUPTION WITHIN HIS CABINET INCLUDING THE TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL WAS EXPOSED
