Description: This photograph shows Harry Daugherty, Senator Warren G. Harding's campaign manager for the 1920 presidential race. He is credited with saying that he supported Harding because he "looked like a President." Daugherty was a lawyer in Columbus and served in the state legislature from 1890 to 1894, and served as attorney general during the Harding administration. He was heavily involved with the scandals that plagued the administration, including the Teapot Dome scandal. Daugherty was eventually forced by President Calvin Coolidge to resign and was prosecuted for his involvement in the scandals. Harding ran his 1920 presidential campaign from the front porch of his Victorian house in Marion, Ohio. People came from all over Ohio and the United States came to hear him speak. His speeches were often recorded on phonograph and printed in newspapers around the country. Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) was born in Corsica (now called Blooming Grove), a small town in Morrow County, Ohio. Harding graduated from Ohio Central College in Iberia at the age of sixteen. His family moved to Marion, where Harding taught school and briefly studied law. He worked occasionally as a reporter for a local paper before buying the Marion Star in 1884. Within five years, the Star was one of the most successful small-town newspapers in the state. Harding became popular as the leader of the Citizen's Coronet Band, which played at political rallies, and for his skill as an orator. Willing to follow the lead of political bosses, Harding advanced rapidly in Ohio politics, serving as state senator and lieutenant governor. In 1914 Harding was elected to the U. S. Senate. He won the presidency with sixty percent of the popular vote, promising a "return to normalcy" following the wave of reforms begun during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. As president, Harding appointed several friends to federal office who proved untrustworthy. His administration was tainted by corruption, and the infamous "Teapot Dome" scandal (in which Harding's Secretary of the Interior leased a U.S. petroleum reserve to a private oil company) nearly destroyed his presidency. After he died in office in August 1923, other scandals were uncovered, further tarnishing Harding's reputation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1523_1506146_043
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Daugherty, H. M. (Harry Micajah), 1860-1941; Presidential elections
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows presidential candidate Warren G. Harding (third from the left) standing outside his home in Marion, Ohio, among some of his cabinet appointees, including Secretary of Labor James J. Davis (far left), Postmaster General Will H. Hays (second from the left), Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty (fourth from the right), Harding's personal secretary George B. Christian Jr. (second from the right), and Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace (far right). This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20P13_001
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954; Daugherty, H. M. (Harry Micajah), 1860-1941; Davis, James J. (James John), 1873-1947; Wallace, Henry C. (Henry Cantwell), 1866-1924
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows Warren G. Harding standing outside his home in Marion, Ohio, with cabinet appointees and campaign supporters, including Secretary of State Joseph G. Cannon (front row, fifth from the left), Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty (front row, third from the right), Secretary of Labor James J. Davis (back row, left), and Harding's personal secretary George B. Christian (back row, center). This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20P26_002
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Cannon, Joseph G. (Joseph Gurney), 1836-1926; Daugherty, H. M. (Harry Micajah), 1860-1941; Davis, James J. (James John), 1873-1947; Christian, George B., Jr. (George Busby), 1873-1951; Presidential campaigns; Presidential candidates
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)