29th President of the United States

Warren G. Harding

“Wobbly Warren”

In office

March 4, 1921 – Aug. 2, 1923

Party

Republican

Home state

Ohio

Lived

1865–1923

Days in office

881

In order

No. 29: after Woodrow Wilson, before Calvin Coolidge

Vice president

Calvin Coolidge

Key achievements & events

• Campaigned on a "return to normalcy" after World War I
• Hosted the Washington Naval Conference (1921-22), a major arms-limitation deal
• Created the Bureau of the Budget (1921)
• His administration was tainted by the Teapot Dome bribery scandal

Remember: He was the first sitting senator elected president. He died of a heart attack in San Francisco while on a speaking tour.