Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States 1921–23. He was a Republican from Ohio. Harding was a newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate from 1899–1903 and as a U.S. Senator 1915–21. He was also the first United States Senator and the first newspaper publisher to be elected President. During the aftermath of World War I, he promised a return of the nation to normalcy. A big part of his presidency was the Teapot Dome Scandal - a bribery scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921.
This campaign encouraged industrialization and a strong economy independent of foreign influence. In the 1920 election, running mate, Calvin Coolidge, and Warren defeated Democrat and fellow Ohioan James M. Cox, in the largest presidential popular vote in American history (60.36% to 34.19%). Harding rewarded friends and political contributors, referred to as the Ohio Gang, with financially powerful positions.
In foreign affairs, Harding spurned the League of Nations, and signed a separate peace treaty with Germany and Austria, formally ending World War I. He signed the first child welfare program in the United States and dealt with striking workers in the mining and railroad industries. The nation's unemployment rate dropped by half during Harding's administration. Warren collapsed and died in 1923. A lot of people voted Warren as one of the worst presidents.
I think that Warren was an alright president. He didn't do much as a president for the country but he must of done something right to get nominated as president, Senate, and a Senator.
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