Hi everybody. Today, my mommy is going to talk about Warren D. Harding.

Thank you, Noah, for introducing Warren G. Harding, the 29th president of the United States.

Warren Harding was born in Ohio in November of 1865, making him the first president born after the Civil War.

He was also the last of seven presidents born in Ohio, ending a remarkable run for the Buckeye State,

in which seven of the 11 presidents from Ulysses S. Grant to Warren G. Harding were from the

great state of Ohio. He sold insurance as a young man and saved enough money to buy a

struggling newspaper called The Marion Star. He was able to successfully turn things around for the newspaper by providing its readers

with a paper that leaned Republican while managing not to offend readers that were Democrats.

Warren Harding started to gain recognition from the Republican Party and was eventually

elected to the Ohio State Senate.

From there, he moved on to become Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.

After a single two-year term as Lieutenant Governor, Harding went back to his work at the newspaper

and gave his support to Republican candidates,

such as William Howard Taft, during his presidential run.

Warren Harding, a rising star in the Republican Party, was elected to the United States Senate

in 1915. His six years in the U.S. Senate were underwhelming as he missed 40% of all roll call votes

during that time and didn't have any important contributions. Unlike most Americans, he wanted

the United States to get involved in the First World War from the start.

Warren Harding's opinions on controversial topics were complicated because he often supported

views that he didn't agree with so he could position himself to advance his career in politics.

For example, Harding publicly supported prohibition and

women's right to vote, although he was a drinker and didn't believe that women should have a vote.

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