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Warren G. Harding biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Warren G. Harding

Author Name:

Warren G. Harding

Born As:

Other Names:

Warren Gamaliel Harding

Born:

1865

Died:

1923




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29th President of the United States of America - Republican 1921 died in office 1923                          
                          
Mother Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson
Father Dr. George Tryon Harding, Sr., eldest of eight children.
Wife Florence Kling Harding, one child Marshall Eugene DeWolfe,  stepson.                          
In a speech on October 26, 1921 Harding advocated civil rights for all Americans, including African Americans. He suggested appointing African Americans to federal positions and was in favor of a national anti-lynching bill. Harding also advocated the establishment of an international commission to improve race relations between whites and African Americans; however, strong political opposition by the Southern Democratic bloc prevented any of these initiatives from coming to fruition. The Ku Klux Klan had its highest membership during its revival in the 1920s, when it expanded membership among urban populations of the Midwest and South who were concerned about job competition and immigration.
Harding supported Congressman Leonidas Dyer's federal anti-lynching bill, known as the Dyer Bill, which passed the House of Representatives on January 26, 1922. The bill was defeated in the Senate by a filibuster. Harding had previously spoken out publicly against lynching on October 21, 1921. Congress had not debated a civil rights bill since the 1890 Federal Elections Bill.                          
The nauguration of Warren G. Harding, March 4, 1921, was the first time a President's voice was electronically amplified and broadcast by radio around the world.