PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING

29th President of the United States (March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923) Nickname: "W.G.", "President Hardly" Born: November 2, 1865, near Corsica (now Blooming Grove), Ohio Died: August 2, 1923, in San Francisco, California Father: George Tyron Harding Mother: Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson Harding Married: Florence Kling De Wolfe (1860-1924), on July 8, 1891 Children: Elizabeth Ann Christian (illegitimate child by Nan Britton) (1919- ) Religion: Baptist Education: Graduated from Ohio Central College (1882) Occupation: Editor-Publisher Political Party: Republican Other Government Positions: Member of Ohio State Senate, 1900-04 Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio, 1904-06 United States Senator, 1915-21 Presidential Salary: $75,000/year Points of Interest: He was the first newspaper publisher to be elected president. Both of Harding's parents were doctors. He suffered nervous breakdowns at the age of 24 and had to spend some time in a sanitarium. One of his sisters was a Washington, D.C. policewoman. Harding was the first president to ride to his inauguration in an automobile. He was the first president to own a radio and the first to speak over the radio airwaves. Harding was the first president to visit Canada and Alaska. While president, Harding played golf, poker twice a week, followed baseball and boxing, and sneaked off to burlesque shows. His advisors were known as the "Poker Cabinet" because they all played poker together. Harding wore size fourteen shoes. He had the largest feet of the presidents. Harding was the first president to be survived by his father.

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