Warren G. Harding
Twenty Ninth President of the United States
1921-1923
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Date of birth: November 2, 1865
Place of birth: Corsica, Ohio
Date of death: August 2, 1923
Place of death: San Francisco, California
Party: Republican
Wife: Florence Kling DeWolfe
Occupation: Editor-Publisher

During his presidency, Warren G. Harding

• had a Vice President Calvin Coolidge
  
• signed the Budget and Accounting Act
  
• signed peace agreement with Germany, Austria, and Hungary
  
• ordered troops to put down the coal strike in West Virginia
  
• passed Fordney McCumber Act
  
• raised tariffs on manufactured goods to all time high
  
• wanted the United States to participate in the "World Court"