The 43 Presidents
of the
United States of America

Warren Gamaliel Harding

29th President
1921 - 1923

Warren Harding was the twenty-ninth president of the United States.  President Harding died in office on August 2, 1923 and his wife died on November 21, 1924 before his term would have ended if he had not died. 

Important events during President Harding's administration were:

• Nevada authorized executions by lethal gas on March 28, 1921.

• Iowa passed the first state cigarette tax on April 11, 1921.

• West Virginia was the first state to approve sales tax on May 3, 1921.

• The U.S. Budget Bureau was created on June 10, 1921.

• Mrs. Alice Robertson of Oklahoma was the first woman to preside over the House of Representatives on June 20, 1921.

• The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated at Arlington, Virginia, on November 11, 1921.

• The Francis Scott Key Memorial at Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Maryland) was dedicated on June 4, 1922.

• Rebecca Felton of Georgia was the first woman appointed to Congress on October 3, 1922.

• Mae Ella Nolan of California took office on January 23, 1923 as the first woman elected to Congress.

Warren Harding was:

• the seventh President born in Ohio.

• the sixth President elected from Ohio.

• the second President elected while he was a senator.

• the sixth President to die in office.

• the fourth President from Ohio to die in office.

• the first newspaper publisher elected as President.

• the second President to marry a woman who had been divorced.

• the fourth President whose father was alive when he became President.

• the first President who was survived by his father.

• the first President to ride to his inauguration in an automobile.

• the first President to own a radio.

• the first President to have a speech broadcast over the radio.

• the first President to visit Alaska and Canada as President.