Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865 - 1923)

Born 2 Nov 1865 in Blooming Grove, Morrow, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Florence Mabel (Kling) Harding — married 8 Jul 1891 in Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Aug 1923 at age 57 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

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Preceded by 28th President Woodrow Wilson Preceded by Theodore E. Burton

Warren G. Harding 29th President of the United States 1921—1923 US Senator (Class 3) from Ohio 1915—1921

Succeeded by 30th President Calvin Coolidge Succeeded by Frank B. Willis

Presidential Profile Biography

Warren Harding is Notable.

Warren Gamaliel Harding was born on November 2, 1865 in Ohio.^[1]He was the first of eight children born to George Tryon Harding and his wife Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson-Harding. He died in San Francisco, California on August 2, 1923. He married once, to Florence Mable King Kling DeWolfe on July 8, 1891 in Marion, Marion, Ohio. No children were born to this marriage.

He started as a newspaper publisher, and then became involved in politics, moving from lieutenant governor to senator and then to president in 1921. As president, he was a fiscally conservative Republican. His presidency started in a period of post-war economic depression. His economic policies brought the country into a time of prosperity. He advocated for African-American rights. He recognized the future importance of petroleum. These are among his positive legacies.

The material online is often contradictory, making the true facts about Warren Harding difficult to discern. There are many rumors, scandals and allegations of corruption in the material about the Harding Presidency.

Illegitimate Child

Nan Britton claimed in a book that her daughter, named Elizabeth Ann Harding, was the daughter of Warren Harding.^[2] In 2015, DNA tests confirmed these rumors.

Timeline

This timeline intermingles dates and events from genealogical, biographical, and historic perspectives.

• April, 1861 - April, 1865 - United States Civil War.^[3]
• November 2, 1865 - Warren Gamaliel Harding born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, USA.^[1]
• 1866 - Charity, sister of Warren Harding born.^[4]
• 1867 -Mary, sister of Warren Harding born.^[5]
• 1872 - Eleanor Priscilla, sister of Warren Harding born.^[6]
• 1874 - Charles A. Harding, brother of Warren Harding born.^[7]
• About 1875 - George T. Harding, Warren's Father's bought The Argus, a weekly paper published in Caledonia, Ohio.
• May, 1875 - Daisy, sister of Warren Harding born.^[8]
• 1875 - 1882 - Warren Harding studies journalism and learns the newspaper business by hands on experience.
• May 31, 1876 - Victoria, sister of Warren Harding born.^[9]
• March 11, 1878 - George Tryon Harding, brother of Warren Harding born^[10][11]
• November 9, 1878 - Charles A. Harding, brother of Warren Harding died and Eleanor Priscilla, sister of Warren Harding born.^[12]
• 1879 - (Phoebe) Caroline Harding, sister of Warren Harding born.^[13].>^[14]
• 1882 - Warren Harding graduated from Ohio Central College.^[1]
• 1885 - Abigail Victoria Harding Lewis, b. May 31, 1885^[15].^[16]
• 1886 - Harding has bought the newspaper, Marion Daily Star.^[1]
• July 8, 1891 - Marriage of Warren Harding and Florence (King) Kling DeWolfe.
• 1899 - 1903 - Harding serves in the Ohio Senate.^[1]
• 1901 June 28th - Freemasons: "Warren G. Harding November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923 March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 Initiated on June 28, 1901 in Marion Lodge No. 70, Marion, Ohio. Raised on August 27, 1920 in that Lodge."
• 1904 - 1906 - Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.^[1]
• January 1, 1915 - Death of Harding's stepson, Marshall Eugene DeWolfe.^[17]
• 1916 - 1921 - Senator from Ohio^[18].^[1]
• 1920 - the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution - Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors - takes effect. It is not repealed until 1933.
• 1920 - 1921 - The country is in an economic depression.^[1]
• November, 1920 - Warren Harding wins the popular vote for President by a landslide. He is slogan: --"Less government in business and more business in government."^[19]
• March 4, 1921 - Warren Harding is inaugrated President of the United States.
• August 2, 1923 - President Harding dies suddenly, apparently from a heart attack.^[1]

Rough Draft Notes

Difficulties found in finding good documentation for the Harding siblings. Wife attached to the profile who most probably could not have been his wife. Spelling of his wife Florence's maiden name in question:King or Kling?

Rumors

African-American ancestry - None found, but there are gaps in his genealogy.^[1]

Mistresses - Letters were found many years after Harding's death that lend credence to the rumor.^[1]

Corruption - Several of Hoover's appointees were convicted in the Teapot Dome Scandal, but he, himself, was not charged with bribery. He died before the full investigation of the scandal was completed.^[1]

His death was unnatural - He had the symptons of cornary problems just before his collapse and probably also had pneumonia. His physician was present when he passed on.^[20][21]

Legacy

• Harding County, New Mexico was named in President Harding's honor.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Wikipedia: Warren_G._Harding
2. ↑ The Four Mysteries of Warren Harding
3. ↑ Wikipedia US Civil War
4. ↑ 1880 Federal Census
5. ↑ 1880 Federal Census
6. ↑ Upstairs at WhiteHouse, no primary source found
7. ↑ Upstairs at WhiteHouse, no primary source cited
8. ↑ 1880 Federal Census
9. ↑ 1910 Federal Census
10. ↑ 1880 Federal Census
11. ↑ Upstairs at WhiteHouse
12. ↑ Upstairs at WhiteHouse, no primary source cited
13. ↑ 1880 Federal Census
14. ↑ Upstairs at WhiteHouse
15. ↑ 1910 Federal Census
16. ↑ Upstairs at WhiteHouse
17. ↑ Wikipedia Marshall Eugene DeWolfe
18. ↑ About2.com
19. ↑ Whitehouse.gov President Harding
20. ↑ The Four Mysteries of Warren Harding
21. ↑ Strange Death of Harding

• Freemasons
• Find A Grave Memorial# 445
• Whitehouse.gov President Harding
• NNDB for President Harding
• [http://americanhistory.about.com/od/warrengharding/a/ff_w_harding.htm

About.com Warren Harding

• about2
• Public Library Harding
• Miller Center Harding
• Wikipedia US Civil War
• Wikipedia Mrs Harding
• Wikipedia Marshall Eugene DeWolfe
• The Four Mysteries of Warren Harding

*Footnote referral from Wikipedia, discusses the scandels associated with Warren Harding

• Strange Death of Harding
• Bio of Harding
• britanniaca
• Upstairs at the WhiteHouse
• Royal Ancestry
• Brainerd, Lawrence. President Warren Gamaliel Harding, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1923) Vol. 77, Page 243-9.

For further reading:

• McCartney, Laton (2009) The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country. Random House, New York.

further reading

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on line abstract of Ohio VR:

Morrow County, Ohio Vital Records, 1830-93 about Dickerson, Phoebe Name: Dickerson, Phoebe

Birth Place: Morrow co., OH

Birth Date: 21 Dec 1843

Father's Name: Isaac Dickerson

Mother's Name: Charity Vankirk

Spouse: George T. Harding

Marriage Date: 7 May 1864

Marriage Location: Morrow co., OH

Children: Warren, Chattie, Mary, Priscilla, Daisy, Charles

Death Date: After 1880

xxxxxxxxxxx Unresolved issue spelling of Mrs. Harding's maiden name.