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Harding's and appointment
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.
Katherine Marcia Forbes, wife of Harding's Veterans Bureau appointment Charles R. Forbes, had unprecedented access to the White House.
On June 9, 1921 President Harding's appointment of Lasker to chairman of the United States Shipping Board was confirmed by the Senate.

Harding's and Harry
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.
These scandals had besmirched Harding's Attorney General, Harry M. Dougherty, and forced his resignation.
Burns was considered well qualified to direct the Bureau of Investigation, and was friends with President Warren Harding's Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty.

Harding's and M
It followed the U. S. Senate's rejection of parts of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, based on the Lodge Reservations, and Republican Warren G. Harding's defeat of the League of Nations advocate and Democratic candidate, James M. Cox, in the 1920 presidential election.
He and the Presidential candidate James M. Cox were on the losing end of Warren Harding's landslide victory for the Republicans.

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Joseph Harding's son, Henry Harding, was responsible for introducing Cheddar cheese production to Australia.
The Commerce Secretary headed the group of dignitaries accompanying Harding's body back to the capital.
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.
The nation's unemployment rate dropped by half during Harding's administration.
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.
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.
Eventually, Harding's family moved to Caledonia, Ohio, where his father then acquired The Argus, a local weekly newspaper.
The editorial battle with the Independent became so heated that, at the inevitable mention of Harding's questionable bloodline, father and son proceeded, with shotgun in hand, to demand, and get, a retraction.
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.
When his newspaper business attained sufficient economic stability, and even dominance, in Marion, Harding and his wife traveled widely throughout the country, which broadened Harding's exposure at political gatherings.
"; Daugherty later assumed the primary role in Harding's political career.
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.
Some in the party began to scout for such an alternative, and Harding's name arose, despite his reluctance, due to his unique ability to draw vital Ohio votes.
Harding's supporters thought of him as the next McKinley.
The local Masons could not resist the opportunity to co-opt Harding's new notoriety, and promoted him to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason.
Harding's home in Marion, Ohio from which he conducted his 1920 " front porch " campaign. Photo 1918 – 1921
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.
Lasker's approach included newsreels and sound recordings, all in an effort to enhance Harding's patriotism and affability.

Harding's and Daugherty
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.
Following Harding's successful election Daugherty was named Attorney General of the United States.
Twice the subject of federal corruption investigations, in 1924 Daugherty was forced to resign his post as Attorney General by the late Harding's Presidential successor, Calvin Coolidge.
During the 1912 party split Daugherty and Harding forged a political friendship working on behalf of the Taft campaign, with Daugherty filling the role of Ohio Republican Party chairman with Harding's newspaper, the Marion Daily Star, giving Daugherty its full support.
As an Ohio Republican party boss in 1920, Daugherty engineered Harding's ascendancy as the Republican Party presidential nominee at that year's Republican National Convention in Chicago.
Like the real life Daugherty, the character is portrayed as Warren G. Harding's 1920 campaign manager and later as his Attorney General.

Harding's and Attorney
Harding's Attorney General hired William J. Burns to run the Justice Dept.
Harding's death had done nothing to stem the tide of emerging scandals revolving around his Ohio clique, with the news dominated by the story of Teapot Dome bribery and allegations of wrongdoing in the Office of the Alien Property Custodian, the Veterans ' Bureau, and the Office of the Attorney General.
Harding's death did nothing to quell the tide of emerging scandals revolving around his Ohio clique, with the news dominated by the story of Teapot Dome bribery and allegations of wrongdoing in the Office of the Alien Property Custodian, the Veterans ' Bureau, and the Office of the Attorney General.

Harding's and General
During the 1952 and 1956 elections, they voted 60 % or more for Democrat Adlai Stevenson, while General Eisenhower garnered 40 % for his reelection ; the best showing to date for the Republicans since Harding's 43 % in 1920.
He was the manager of Warren G. Harding's successful campaign for the Presidency of the United States in the 1920 election and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General.
John Harding's son, Confederate Army General William Giles Harding was Bill Jackson's great-grandfather ; he built the Belle Meade Mansion in 1853.
After the death of Howell Jackson's first wife in 1873 ( Sophia Malloy of Jackson, Tennessee ), Howell Edmunds Jackson married General Harding's youngest daughter, Mary Elizabeth Harding.
When General William Giles Harding died in 1886, he left the Belle Meade estate ( one-third ) to General " Red " Jackson and his wife ( General Harding's eldest daughter Selene Harding ), ( one-third ) to his son and Selene Harding's half-brother, John Harding, and ( one-third ) to Howell Edmunds Jackson ( 1832 – 1895 ) and his wife ( General Harding's youngest daughter, Mary Elizabeth Harding ).

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