Description: This image shows the graves at the Warren G. Harding Memorial in Marion, Ohio. Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States. For the most part, Harding proved to be a poor manager of the federal government. He delegated authority to his cabinet officials. These men became known as the ""Ohio Gang."" Unfortunately for Harding and the country, many of these men proved to be unscrupulous, causing a great deal of distrust among the American people for their government officials. It is unclear, however, how much Harding knew of his subordinates' actions. Perhaps, the worst scandal of Harding's administration was the Teapot Dome Scandal. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall rented government lands to oil companies in return for personal loans. Fall was found guilty of this illegal action and was sentenced to prison in 1931. Adding to the corruption, Thomas Miller, chairman of the Office of Alien Property, accepted bribes, and Charles Forbes, the head of the Bureau of Veterans' Affairs, embezzled funds. At this same time, it became known that Harding commonly drank alcohol in the White House, although this was a direct violation of Prohibition. The American people also began to hear rumors of extramarital affairs that Harding engaged in, including one with a friend's wife, Carrie Fulton Phillips, and another with neighbor Nan Britton. Britton claimed after Harding's death to have conceived a daughter with Harding while he was a senator. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06518
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; President; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidents--Death and burial
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Anna Arnold Hedgeman and Lyndon B. Johnson, who served as President of the United States from 1963-1969. Anna Arnold Hedgeman was a prominent figure in civil rights, women's rights and education in the 20th century. She taught at Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi after graduating as the first African American woman to earn a degree from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Hedgeman was the first African American woman to serve on the cabinet of a New York mayor in the 1950s and in 1963 she helped A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin plan the March on Washington. She held honorary doctorates from both Howard University and Hamline University, was an executive of the YWCA and was the author of two books: "The Trumpet Sounds" and "The Gift Of Chaos." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS15_B08_05
Subjects: African American women; African American authors; African American Educators; Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Politicians; Civil rights; Howard University; Activists; President; United States of America
 

Description: Lithograph of Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893), Republican candidate for president in the 1876 election. Hayes was a successful governor of Ohio and went on to defeat Democrat Samuel Tilden of New York in a highly-contested election. Despite losing the popular vote, Hayes won the Electoral College and was granted the presidency by the Congress after agreements were made to end Reconstruction in the South, a deal that would be known as the Compromise of 1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS3328
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Candidates for president; Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893; Presidential campaigns; Ohio--Politics and government; Governors--Ohio
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio); Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker handing a diploma to a student at a Wilberforce University commencement ceremony. Walker was the 66th Bishop of the the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th President of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F07_F_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; President; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American Educators; Religion in Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker with two unidentified men in military uniforms. Walker was the 66th Bishop of the the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th President of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F07_M_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; President; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American Educators; Religion in Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: General Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) and Levi Morton, the Republican candidates of 1888. After being born and educated in Ohio and becoming a successful soldier in the Civil War, Harrison was appointed to the Senate as a representative of Indiana. He went on to win the Republican nomination for the 1888 presidential election. Harrison defeated incumbent Grover Cleveland despite losing the popular vote. Harrison is best known for acquiring vast amounts of land and admitting 6 states to the Union while in office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4771
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Candidates for president; Candidates for Vice-President; Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901; Presidential elections--1880-1890; Presidential campaigns; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)