President Warren G. Harding
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PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING
An Affable Simpleton
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HARDING ON BEING PRESIDENT:
“I am a man of limited talents from a small town. I don’t seem to grasp that I am president. . . I love to meet people. It is the most pleasant thing I do; It really is the only fun I have.”
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1920 ELECTION
Republic Campaign Planks• “Return to Normalcy”• Political Isolation• Pro-business policies
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MELLON FAVORS BIG BUSINESS
Andrew Mellon appointed Secretary of the Treasury
• Spending Slashed• Protectionist Tariffs
• Tariff War
Herbert Hoover of Sec. of Commerce• Policy of cooperation and voluntary reform
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A DEN OF GRAFT AND CORRUPTION
Harding was poor at managing his administration
“Ohio Gang”• Charles Forbes (Head of VB)
• Graft, waste• Harry Daugherty (Attorney General)
• Accepting bribes• Albert Fall (secretary of Interior)
• Teapot Dome Scandal
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TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL
Navy emergency oil reserves transferred to Department of Interior
Land leased to private oilmen
Senate Investigation
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HARDING DIES
Heart attack while returning from speaking tour in Alaska
• August 2, 1923