Warren G. Harding

Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) born in Corsica (now Blooming Grove), Ohio- died in San Francisco was the 29th president of the United States.

Harding attended Ohio Central College, and owned The Marion Star, a weekly newspaper in Marion, Ohio. He married Florence Kling De Wolfe in 1891. Harding joined the Republican Party politics, and served as a state senator (1899-1902) and lieutenant governor (1903-1904) and was elected U.S. senator (1915-1921) and was elected president in 1920. His presidency was marked by scandal. He died while in office in 1923 and was succeeded by his vice president, Calvin Coolidge.

source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Warren-G-Harding accessed 11/18/2021 SM