Warren Gamaliel Harding1921-1923

BackgroundInformation

• Republican from Ohio• Self-made newspaper publisher,influential• Trustee of Trinity Baptist Church• Director of almost every importantbusiness• Leader in fraternal organizations andcharitable enterprises• Previous Political Experience:o Ohio Senate (1899-1903)o Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1903-1905)o US Senator (1915-1921)

Chief Legislator

• Tended to let congress run amuck

• Was known to let the machine bossesrun everything while he was a senator

• Consumed alcohol publicly duringprohibition

• Teapot Dome Scandal

Commander-in-Chief• Veterans Bureau->Veterans Administration-> Department of Veterans Affairs Spurned the

League of Nations by signing a separate peace treaty with Germany and Austria

• Promoted naval disarmament (1921-22)

• The Washington Naval Conference

Chief Executive

• Used federal troops on coal miners in the“Blair Mountain Miner War”

• Also used aircraft to drop gas and explosiveordnance.

• Addressed Congress on April 12, 1921 withthe intention of setting the agenda

Head of State

• Harry Daughtery: "He looked likea President.”

• In June of 1923, set out on a“Voyage of Understanding” acrossthe continent

• First president to visit Alaska andCanada

Chief of Party

• Given the Republicannomination in the electionof 1920

• His party had a largemajority until the 1922mid-term elections.

• After the election, theparty had simple majorityand nothing else

Guardian of theEconomy

• "Less government in business and more business in government."Was a firm believer in areturn to normalcy

• Helped stop the postwar depression by reducing taxes, and keeping a high tariff

• Lowered the national unemployment rate from 12% to 3.3%

• Harding signed the first child welfare program in the United States and dealt with strikingworkers in the mining and railroad industries

Chief Diplomat

• Wanted US participation in an International Court – not favorable

• Thomson-Urrutia Treaty (w/ Panama) – helped relations withMexico, Latin America, Caribbean Islands; gave $25 million as paymentfor land to make Panama Canal.

Overall Grade

•C-• He helped lower unemployment, and hosted the worlds first

arms limitation convention, but scandalous affairs, andtraitorous appointees make him unsuitable as a candidate.

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