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President Warren G. Harding. An Affable Simpleton. 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.”. 1920 Election. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: President Warren G. Harding

PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING

An Affable Simpleton

Page 2: President Warren G. Harding

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.”

Page 3: President Warren G. Harding

1920 ELECTION

Republic Campaign Planks• “Return to Normalcy”• Political Isolation• Pro-business policies

Page 4: President Warren G. Harding

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

Page 5: President Warren G. Harding

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

Page 6: President Warren G. Harding

TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL

Navy emergency oil reserves transferred to Department of Interior

Land leased to private oilmen

Senate Investigation

Page 7: President Warren G. Harding

HARDING DIES

Heart attack while returning from speaking tour in Alaska

• August 2, 1923


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