University of Virginia Miller Center
University of Virginia Miller Center
1865 - 1923
Warren G. Harding
Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.We contemplate the immediate task of putting our public household in order. We need a rigid and yet sane economy, combined with fiscal justice…Inaugural Address
Overview
A conservative politician from Ohio, Warren G. Harding had few enemies because he rarely took a firm enough stand on an issue to make any. Who would have suspected that the man to succeed Woodrow Wilson, America's most visionary President, would be a man who saw the President's role as largely ceremonial?
Life In Depth Essays
- Life in Brief
- Life Before the Presidency
- Campaigns and Elections
- Domestic Affairs
- Foreign Affairs
- Death of the President
- Family Life
- The American Franchise
- Impact and Legacy
Fast Facts
Warren Gamaliel
Corsica (now Blooming Grove), Ohio
Ohio Central College (graduated 1882)
Baptist
Editor-Publisher
Republican
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July 8, 1891, to Florence Kling DeWolfe (1860–1924)
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29
Harding Memorial, Marion, Ohio
Chicago Style
Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. “Warren G. Harding.” Accessed April 09, 2024. https://millercenter.org/president/harding.
Professor of History
Eugene P. Trani
Dr. Trani is the former president of Virginia Commonwealth University.
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