Tag Archives: Warren Harding

Calvin Coolidge Chooses to Run: 1924

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Feather Foster

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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The Emergence of Candidate Warren G. Harding

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Feather Foster

Yes, Warren Harding was a dark horse, and yes, it did happen in a smoke filled room…  BUT… Leading Up To 1920 There was an odd assortment of coincidences that created the “perfect storm” of enthusiasm for Harding. Two years … Continue reading →

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Florence Harding: The Lost Decade

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Feather Foster

Florence Harding was a woman with deep secrets. Florence Kling: Lonely, Angry Girl Florence Kling (1860-1924) was born to Amos Kling, a middle-class businessman in Marion, Ohio, just as the Civil War was getting underway. She was eldest, with two … Continue reading →

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Florence Harding’s Hatpin Story

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Florence Harding loved politics – and she was a very savvy woman. The Harding: Introduction to Politics Florence Harding was thirty when she married Warren Gamaliel Harding. He was five years younger, the publisher of a weekly newspaper and the … Continue reading →

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Nan Britton, Part II: Harding’s Tell-All Mistress

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

The bad news was that President Warren Harding died in 1923. Without a will. Nan Britton, Nymphette Nanna Popham Britton (1896-1991) had been obsessed with Warren G. Harding since she was a child. She fixated on him like today’s teeny-boppers … Continue reading →

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Warren Harding: Bloviator of Nostrums and the Founding Fathers

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

A few men have the gift of speechifying pontifically and saying little. Like Warren Harding, 29th President. Warren G. Harding: Newspaper Man Warren Harding was one of the most affable men in town. He was easy going, a bona fide … Continue reading →

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Harding and Taft: Making An Old Man Happy

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

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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Doc Sawyer: President Harding’s Surgeon General

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

It is  unfair to compare medical practice of a hundred or more years ago with the enormous technological changes that have occurred. Nevertheless… Charles Sawyer: Homeopath Charles E. Sawyer (1860-1924) was an Ohio homeopathic doctor of limited formal training, believing … Continue reading →

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Mrs. Coolidge and Baseball: A Love Affair

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Calvin Coolidge liked baseball so-so. But First Lady Grace Coolidge was a enthusiastic fan! Coolidge the Indifferent Sport Calvin Coolidge was always a hard fellow to figure, unless, of course, you were a New Englander. Then he was easy to … Continue reading →

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The Death of Warren Harding

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Feather Schwartz Foster

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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