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29th President of the United States, Newspaper Publisher & Senator • United States
1865 — 1923
Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding
Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States (1921–1923) who won a historic landslide victory on his "Return to Normalcy" platform following World War I, convening the Washington Naval Conference and creating the Bureau of the Budget.
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Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States (1921–1923) who won a historic landslide victory on his "Return to Normalcy" platform following World War I, convening the Washington Naval Conference and cre...
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Born in Ohio on November 2, 1865, Harding was a successful newspaper publisher of The Marion Daily Star before serving as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and U.S. Senator. Elected President in 1920 in a 60% popular vote landslide—the largest popular victory since the election of 1820—Harding signed the formal peace treaties ending WWI, hosted the 1921 Washington Naval Conference that produced the first major global naval disarmament treaty, created the Bureau of the Budget through the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, and spoke boldly in Birmingham, Alabama, in favor of civil rights and economic equality for African Americans. He died suddenly of a heart attack in San Francisco in August 1923.
Notable Works / Milestones:
- Convened the 1921–1922 Washington Naval Conference, the first international disarmament agreement in history
- Signed the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, establishing the modern federal executive budget and GAO
- Delivered historic 1921 civil rights speech in Birmingham, Alabama, advocating equal educational and economic rights for Black citizens
- Pardoned socialist leader Eugene V. Debs and other wartime political prisoners in Christmas 1921 reconciliation
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Key Historical Details
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Birthday:
November 2
(1865)
Passed Away:
August 2
(1923)
Birthplace:
Blooming Grove, Ohio, United States
Profession:
29th President of the United States, Newspaper Publisher & Senator
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