National Affairs: Resume

A brief review of Mr. Harding’s career and achievements in office fol-lows :

Born at Blooming Grove, Ohio, Nov. 2, 1865, the son of Dr. George T. Harding, physician, and Phebe Elizabeth (Dickerson). He was the first of eight children.

Purchased the Marion Star in 1884, aged 19.

Married Florence Kling, of Marion, in 1891.

Elected to his first political office, as Ohio State Senator, in 1898, and held office till 1903.

Elected Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1903, holding office till 1905.

Defeated for election as Governor of Ohio in 1910.

Elected U. S. Senator in 1914.

Made a speech renominating President Taft in the Republican National Convention of 1912, and supported him throughout the campaign against Roosevelt and Wilson.

Made the ” keynote ” speech in the Republican National Convention of 1916.

Nominated for the Presidency at the Republican National Convention: in 1920, on the tenth ballot, receiving 692½ votes, to 156 for Wood, 111 for: Lowden, 80½ for Johnson.

Elected 29th President of the United States on his 55th birthday, Nov. 2, 1920.

Inaugurated, March 4, 1921.

Died Aug. 2, 1923, having served two years, four months, 29 days.

His achievements in office include:

The conclusion of separate peace treaties with the Central Powers.

The Washington Limitation of Armament Treaty.

The veto of the bonus.

To him may also be attributed in part the Fordney-McCumber tariff and the Esch-Cummins Railroad Act. He also advocated a ship subsidy bill which failed to pass in the last Congress, and participation by the U. S. in the Permanent Court of International Justice, which, up to the present time has not been approved by the Senate.