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Tag Archives: President Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge Chooses to Run: 1924
Perhaps the biggest surprise in Coolidge’s life was being nominated as Vice President in 1920. The Vice Presidency If the selection of little-known Warren G. Harding as the Republican candidate for president in 1920 was a surprise to the country, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred E. Smith, American history, Calvin Coolidge, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, history, John W. Davis, President alvin Coolidge, President Warren Harding, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, Prohibition in 1924, The convention of 1924, The death of Warren Harding, The Democrats in 1924, the Ku Klux Klan in 1924, US history, VP Calvin Coolidge, Warren Harding, White House history, William McAdoo
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Calvin Coolidge: The Three Oaths
Succession Wars Throughout history, and perhaps even to include Biblical times, if leadership does not pass to a successor freely and with general support, there is chaos. Perhaps civil wars. Some last a long time. Back then, wars were not … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, Calvin Coolidge, Chief Justice William Howard Taft, Coolidge takes the Oath of Office, Democrat nominee John W. Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, former President William Howard Taft, Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts, history, John Coolidge, John W. Davis, Julius Caesar, Justice Adolph A. Hoehling, Louis IV, President Calvin Coolidge, President Warren G. Harding, President Warren Harding, Presidential history, Supreme Court Justice Taft, Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft, The death of Warren Harding, The Vice Presidency, US history, Vice President Calvin Coolidge, White House history, William H. Taft, William Howard Taft
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Calvin Coolidge: A Fish Story
Calvin Coolidge was a man of limited interests. The Private Mr. Coolidge There is a story that at some point, Calvin Coolidge was asked what his hobbies were. He replied, “I run for office.” Throughout his youth, there is no … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Calvin Coolidge, Col. Edmund Starling, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, President Calvin Coolidge, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Grover Cleveland, President Harry Truman, President Herbert Hoover, President James Knox Polk, President Warren Harding, Presidential fishermen, Presidential history, Secret Serviceman Edmund Starling, Senator James Reed, Senator William Borah, US history, White House history
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Harding and Taft: Making An Old Man Happy
Every so often, dreams do come true. Even in politics Ex-President Taft: A Public Career William Howard Taft (1857-1932) spent his entire life in public service: as judge, as Solicitor General, as Governor of the Philippines, as Cabinet member and … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Chief Justice Edward White, ex-President Grover Cleveland, ex-President Taft, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Judge William Howard Taft, Lt. Governor Warren Harding, P:resident William Howard Taft, President Taft, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Warren Harding, Presidential history, Senator Warren Harding, Supreme Court Justice Taft, Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft, Taft and Yale, US history, Warren G. Harding, Warren Harding, White House history, William Howard Taft
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Calvin Coolidge Jr.: A Life Cut Short
The death of any child before his time is a devastating blow to the parents. Mortality Even into the 20th century, infant and child mortality were extremely high. With primitive pre-natal, obstetric or pediatric care and little attention to basic … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Calvin Coolidge, Calvin Coolidge Jr on tobacco farm, Calvin Coolidge Jr., death of Calvin Coolidge Jr, First Lady Grace Coolidge, First Lady History, Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts, Grace Coolidge, history, John Coolidge, Jr., Mayor Coolidge of Northampton MA, President Calvin Coolidge, President Warren Harding, Presidential history, Presidential son Calvin Coolidge Jr, US history, VP Calvin Coolidge, Warren G. Harding, White House history
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The Death of Warren Harding
With the possible exception of John F. Kennedy, no president’s death generated more speculation and controversies than that of Warren G. Harding. The President Dies On August 2, 1923, the country was stunned when the news came over the telegraph … Continue reading
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Tagged "Doc" Sawyer, American history, Dr. Charles Sawyer, Dr. Joel T. Boone, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Florence Harding, First Lady History, Florence Harding, FLorence Kling Harding, Harding's mistress Nan Britton, history, homeopathic doctors, Nan Britton, President Warren Harding, presidential deaths, Presidential history, The death of Warren Harding, The Marion Star, US history, Warren G. Harding, Warren Harding, White House history
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Warren Harding and the Ohio Gang
The term “The Ohio Gang” is misleading. First of all, not all of them were from Ohio. Warren Harding: A Lackluster Politician Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) was a lackluster fellow. His abilities were moderate, not stellar. His ambition for high … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Duchess", "The Duchess" Harding, American history, Charles Forbes, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Florence Harding, Florence Harding, Harding's Ohio Gang, Harry Daugherty, Harry M. Daugherty, history, Jess Smith, President Warren G. Harding, President Warren Harding, Presidential history, Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall, Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby, Senator Albert Fall, Senator Edwin Denby, The election of 1920, The Marion Star, The Ohio Gang, The Teapot Dome scandal, US history, Warren G. Harding, Warren Gamaliel Harding, Warren Harding, White House history
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Robert T. Lincoln: Witness to Assassinations
When Robert Lincoln was nearly sixty, he vowed never again to meet a President of the United States. He was a prominent man with an iconic name. Meeting and greeting Presidents was a given. But he let it be known … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Charles Julius Guiteau, Chief Justics William Howard Taft, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ford's Theater, Garfield's assassin Guiteau, history, James Garfield, John Wilkes Booth, Leon Czolgosz, Mary Lincoln, McKinley's assassin Czolgosz, President James Garfield, President Warren Harding, President William McKinley, Robert Lincoln, Robert T. Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Secrfetary of War Robert T. Lincoln, the assassination of Garfield, The assassination of Lincoln, the assassination of McKinley, the assassination of William McKinley, The Lincoln Memorial, the Peterson House, US history, Warren Harding, William McKinley
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Florence Harding and The Veterans
After World War I, thousands of wounded soldiers were crowding into Washington hospitals. Florence Harding would be a regular visitor. Florence Kling Harding: Lonely Wife Florence Harding never had a strong maternal instinct. An early and disastrous elopement left her … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Duchess" Harding, American history, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Florence Harding, Florence Harding, FLorence Kling Harding, history, President Warren Harding, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The Marion Star, Warren G. Harding, Warren Harding, White House history
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Mrs. Harding and Mrs. McLean
For fifty years, Florence Kling Harding was a lonely woman, with few, if any, real friends. The Embattled Duchess Florence Kling (1860-1924) was the daughter of Marion, Ohio’s wealthiest and nastiest businessmen. His tyrannical ways resulted in Florence’s youthful escape … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Duchess", Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American history, Carrie Phillips, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady FLorence Harding "Duchess" Harding, Florence Harding, FLorence Kling Harding, history, Ned McLean, Nicholas Longworth, President Harding, President Warren Harding, Presidential history, Senator Warren Harding, US history, Warren G. Harding, Warren Harding, White House history
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