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Warren Gamaliel Harding was an American politician the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1923, his term ending as he died from a heart attack aged 57. A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate (1899–1903) and later as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1903–1905) and as a U.S. Senator (1915–1921).

As President, he appointed a strong cabinet that included Charles Evans Hughes, Andrew Mellon, and Herbert Hoover. However, other appointees proved corrupt; most notably, Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was jailed for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal. In foreign affairs, Harding signed peace treaties that built on the Treaty of Versailles (which formally ended World War I). He also led the way to world Naval disarmament at the Washington Naval Conference of 1921–22.

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