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Introduction

Warren G. Harding (1865-1923), 29th president of the United States (1921-1923). Harding was an easy-going politician who believed that the Republican Party could bring the United States back to “normalcy,” a word he invented. By normalcy he meant a return to the economic and political isolation that had characterized the United States before it entered World War I in 1917. Harding never showed the leadership or vision required to be an effective president, and his administration is mainly remembered for its corruption, which was revealed after Harding's death.