Warren G. Harding was born on November 2, 1865 in Corsica, Ohio
Age 17
His parents were doctors and he had four sisters and a brother
His wife(divorced)
Before he became a senator he tried being a teacher, an insurance salesman, and a reporter. He became a senator in 1915 and served until 1921. In 1921 he was nominated to run for the Republican party for the presidential election. He was running with Calvin Coolidge and ran against James Cox
His appointees were involved in scandals. He created the Bureau of the Budget.
The Teapot Dome was where the Secretary of Interior sold the right to oil reserves in Teapot Dome but was caught and sentences to a year in jail. Because he didn’t join the league of nations it failed. He did sign a resolution ending the war between Germany and America since the US didn’t ratify the Treaty of Paris. He died of a heart attack on August 2, 1923
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