Anthony also details Harding's induction into the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, a Shrine organization, during the convention week ( making note of the conical hat used by the Tall Cedars in the ceremony ); Anthony writes that he feels that the charges made by Grand Wizard Alton Young ( reported by Wyn Craig Wade in 1985 ) against Harding were in " retaliation for the Shrine speech and another anti-bigotry speech made by Harding at the dedication of the Alexander Hamilton statue at the Treasury Building " in the previous month of May 1923.

The Commerce Secretary headed the group of dignitaries accompanying Harding's body back to the capital.

Charles Evans Hughes, former Supreme Court Justice and Harding's Secretary of State

Harding's Secretary of State, Charles E. Hughes, assumed a primary role in the conference and made the pivotal proposal — the U. S was to reduce its number of warships by 30 if Great Britain decommissioned 19, and Japan 17 ships.

Fall, Harding's first Secretary of the Interior and the first former Cabinet member sent to prison

Harding's Secretary of the Interior, Albert B.

" Among the critics of the clique was Harding's straight-laced Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover, who while generally appreciative of Harding viewed the motivations and behavior of the Ohio Gang with thinly concealed disgust.

Following Harding's death, Hoover and his co-thinker, Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes, approached new President Calvin Coolidge and asked him to remove prominent Ohio Gang member Daugherty as Attorney General.

" Critics such as Harding's straight-laced Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover viewed the clique with thinly-digused disgust:

Review of the personal records of Harding's Personal White House Secretary, George Christian Jr., also do not support the contention that Harding received members of the Klan while in office.

Harding's great-great grandfather Amos claimed that a thief, who had been caught in the act by the family, started the rumor as an attempted extortion.

Schweikart and Allen also argue that Harding's tax and economic policies in part "... produced the most vibrant eight year burst of manufacturing and innovation in the nation's history.

Another economic contraction began near the end of Harding's presidency in 1923, while tax cuts were still underway.

Harding's administration has been critically viewed due to multiple scandals, while his successes in office were often given credit to his capable cabinet appointments that included future President Herbert Hoover.

On May 12, 1921, just two months into Harding's presidency, violence was initiated near Matewan, West Virginia, between private detectives, on behalf of the Stone Mountain Coal Company, and United Mine Workers union members who had been fired from their jobs and were being evicted from company-owned housing.

Harding's appointment of Harry M. Daugherty as Attorney General received at the time more criticism than any other ; Harding's campaign manager's Ohio lobbying and back room maneuvers with politicians were not considered the best qualifications.

Harding's pulse and breathing rate were rapid.

* In a neighborhood of Ketchikan, Alaska, north of the original townsite ( or present-day downtown ), three adjoining streets were named Warren, G and Harding following Harding's visit to the city.

Following Harding's sudden death of a heart attack in 1923, the Ohio Gang were effectively removed from the corridors of power by Harding's Vice President and successor, Calvin Coolidge.

According to Harding biographer John Wesley Dean, Chancellor's theories were partly based upon a rumor spread by Amos Kling, Harding's father-in-law, who opposed him politically.

Active in the Republican Party, she was president of the Women's Republican League during Warren G. Harding's 1920 presidential campaign and the first election in which all American women were given the right to vote.

After Harding's death, George Faulkner became Swift's primary publisher in Ireland, and A Letter to the Lord Chancellor Middleton and An Humble Address were copied from manuscript copies provided by the author to Faulkner and then printed with the other letters.

He and the Presidential candidate James M. Cox were on the losing end of Warren Harding's landslide victory for the Republicans.

Joseph Harding's son, Henry Harding, was responsible for introducing Cheddar cheese production to Australia.

On May 10, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge appointed Hoover as the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation, following President Warren Harding's death and in response to allegations that the prior director, William J. Burns, was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal.

Harding's creation of the Budget Bureau was a major economic accomplishment that reformed and streamlined wasteful federal spending.

It was rumored in Blooming Grove that one of Harding's great-grandmothers might have been African American.

Florence Kling DeWolfe was a divorcée, five years Harding's senior, and the mother of a young son, Marshall Eugene DeWolfe.

The couple was complementary, with Harding's affable personality balancing his wife's no-nonsense approach to life.

Harding's only notable reform effort in his first term ( Ohio state offices had terms of two years ) was a progressive bill to revamp the municipal code, which had passed the Senate but was halted by a single member's procedural call to " reconsider ".

In 1912, Harding gave the nominating speech for incumbent President William Howard Taft, who would later serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during Harding's administration, at the embattled Republican National Convention in Chicago — before he completed his introduction, a fist fight ensued between the Taft supporters and the more progressive Roosevelt faction, but the speech was quite a personal success.

Harding's general election opponent, Timothy Hogan, fell victim to fervid anti-Catholic sentiment ( which Harding did not voice ) and Harding was elected to the U. S. Senate, becoming Ohio's first senator elected by popular vote.

Harry Daugherty, who became Harding's campaign manager, and who was sure none of these candidates could garner a majority, convinced Harding to run after a marathon discussion of six-plus hours.

On July 28, 1920, Harding's general election campaign manager, Albert Lasker, unleashed a broad-based advertising campaign that implemented modern advertising techniques ; the focus was more strategy oriented.

Campaign manager Lasker struck a deal with Harding's paramour, Carrie Phillips, and her husband Jim Phillips, whereby the couple agreed to leave the country until after the election ; ostensibly, Mr. Phillips was to investigate the silk trade.

However, it was mainly Harding's support in the Senate for women's suffrage legislation that made him more popular with that demographic: the ratification of the 19th Amendment in August 1920 brought huge crowds of women to Marion, Ohio, to hear Harding.

During the campaign, political opponents spread rumors that Harding's great-great-grandfather was a West Indian black person and that other blacks might be found in his family tree.

The atmosphere of Harding's inauguration was unremarkable — in terms of both weather and celebration.

Herbert Hoover, while serving in Harding's cabinet, was confident the President would serve two terms and return the world to normality.

One of Harding's earlier decisions as President was the appointment of former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a position Taft had always coveted, more so than the Presidency.

Harding's relationship with Congress, however, was strained and he did not receive the traditional honeymoon given to new Presidents.

This was not favorably received by Harding's colleagues ; a resolution was nevertheless drafted, in deference to the President, and then promptly buried in the Foreign Affairs Committee.

At dinners, Harding's dog Laddie Boy, was allowed to beg guests for food and play with children.