No matter which major party won America’s presidential election in 1920, the country was destined for another chief executive from Ohio. Both major party candidates, Republican Warren Harding and Democrat James Cox, hailed from the Buckeye State.
Warren Harding’s Historic Speech on Race: How Black and White Americans Responded
When the president finished, the cheers all came from the back
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Warren G. Harding (1865–1923), when he was a U.S. Senator from Ohio in 1920. He became president in 1921. FPG/Getty Images
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Lawrence W. Reed
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Lawrence Reed is president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education in Atlanta and the author of “Real Heroes: Inspiring True Stories of Courage, Character, and Conviction“ and the best-seller “Was Jesus a Socialist?”
