Biography Of Warren G. Harding

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Warren G. Harding

Warren G. Harding was a Republican politician from Ohio. He was born on November 2, 1865 in Caledonia, Ohio and died on August 2, 1923 in San Francisco, California of high blood pressure and food poisoning. He was the 29th president of the United States and was on his third year in his office. He had only a few enemies. People were surprised when he became president after Woodrow Wilson because they didn't expect that to happen. While Harding was President, he accomplished many things. He built a new newspaper called, The Marion Star before his political career. He was then elected to the senate of Ohio in 1899 and went on in his life into becoming a lieutenant governor even though he was defeated many

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