Warren G. Harding was born in Bloomington Grove, Ohio on November 2, 1865. He lived most of his life in Ohio. Harding was one of seven Presidents from Ohio.

His mother wanted to call him Winfield.

His father George Tyron Harding was home on sick leave from the Civil War when Warren was born. The war ended before he could return to his troops. His father had also shaken hands with President Lincoln.

He was a Baptist.

Warren Harding entered Ohio Central College when he was 14. He worked his way through college painting houses and barns.

Harding visited his mother every Sunday and gave her a bouquet of flowers. Later when he was to far away from home, he had the flowers delivered to his mother.

After he graduated he taught grade school in a one room school house for one year. He was glad when he left teaching.

In 1884, Warren and a college classmate bought a the Marion Star newspaper. His father helped him with the financing. It had gone broke and was sold for $300.00 at a sheriff's sale.

On July 8, 1891 he married Florence Kling. She was an outspoken woman who had argued at lot with her father. Follow her link to learn more about her.

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At 24, he suffered a nervous breakdown and spent several weeks in a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Warren Harding was 6' tall.

At the presidential convention, it took 10 rounds of voting before Harding was nominated.

Warren Harding campaigned for the presidency by meeting visiting groups on his front porch in Marion, Ohio.

President Harding was the first President that women voted for in a presidential election. The 19th Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1919. It was the first time a president's wife could vote for her husband.

He was the first presidential candidate to hire a speech writer. During the 1920 campaign, he gave over 112 speeches.

Harding was the first newspaper publisher to be elected President.

President Harding was the first President to ride to his inauguration in an automobile.

He was the first sitting senator to be elected president. He visited the senate chamber two hours after his inauguration. He didn't need permission because he was a former senator. That day the US Senate approved his entire cabinet without objection. It only took ten minutes.

Warren G. Harding presidency is ranked by historians as one of the worst, perhaps one step above President Grant's ranking.

He played golf twice a week . He was the first president to have a golf course named after him. When he played golf he played quickly. He would hit his shots quickly and walk rapidly to the next tee. He expected those playing with him to do the same.

He also liked to play poker and have cigars and whiskey. Warren G. Harding once lost all the White House china gambling, on a hand of cards.

Warren Harding had the largest feet of any President. He wore a size 14 shoes.

Harding was the first to have the presidential election results broadcast on the radio.(November, 1920)

Warren Harding formally concluded WWI.

Loudspeakers were used at his inauguration for the first time in the event's history. It was also broadcast via radio.

Warren G. Harding, 1920. Library of Congress Click for larger image.

Quotes: Harding stated "I never find myself done. I never find my work complete. I don't believe there is a human being who can do all the work there is to be done in the President's office. It seems as though I have been President for twenty years."