Harding death clears path for Calvin Coolidge to take oath
President Harding dies at his Plymouth Vermont home. Vice President Calvin Coolidge is notified by Attorney General Daugherty and Secretaries Hoover Wallace and Work and will be sworn in as president in Vermont. Coolidge’s prior record as Massachusetts governor is noted for firm action during the Boston police strike.
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Harding's Death Leaves Nation to Reflect on His Leadership
The country learns of President Warren G Harding's death, recalling his quiet courage and efforts to harmonize conflicting interests. The text honors his patience, justice, and ambition to extend the reign of law among nations, noting his burden of responsibility carried to the end.
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Harding the Man Who Commanded Notice
Washington August 2 Associated Press massive in frame and feature a figure to attract a second look in any crowd that was Warren G Harding the man He loved to meet the people a good conversationalist and listener his first official order was gates to the White House grounds be thrown open and visitors greeted daily averaging about 1000 per day He enjoyed Easter egg rolling and time with children, though he had none of his own.
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Harding Life in Brief From Birth to Presidency
Born November 2 1865 on a farm near Blooming Grove Ohio Harding graduated from Ohio Central College Iberia in 1882 became owner and editor of Marion Daily Star in 1884 and married Florence Kling in 1891 He entered the Ohio State Senate in 1900 and served a second term starting 1902 Sworn in as Lieutenant governor in 1904 He was defeated in the 1910 gubernatorial race elected U S senator in 1914 won the Republican presidential nomination in 1920 and was inaugurated as the 29th U S president in 1921 He called a world disarmament conference pushed a budget system and ship subsidy program He vetoed a soldier bonus bill in 1922 aided rail and coal strife settlements urged a world court In 1923 he opposed anti prohibition forces and helped push consumer cooperatives under government supervision He toured western states and Alaska fell ill in Seattle in 1923 and canceled the rest of his trip
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President Harding Dies of Sudden Stroke in California
President Warren G. Harding collapsed during a reading session at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco and died at 7 36 p m from a stroke of apoplexy after a weeklong illness. Mrs Harding expressed resolve and directed doctors as physicians arrived, with only two in the room at the moment of death.
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