A Note on My Harding Research

The information I posted during 2020 mostly covered Warren Harding's front-porch campaign from his home on Mt. Vernon Avenue in Marion, Ohio. The campaign officially started on July 31, 1920, and ended on September 25. The plan was to post daily on events that occurred exactly 100 years ago that day, but I shared other information as well. You'll have to read bottom-to-top if you want to follow the campaign from Day 1.

I used the open web for some of my research but also information accessible by using my library card or my subscription to www.newspapers.com. The most useful resource was the Marion Star, which was owned by the Hardings at the time of the campaign. I also browsed online copies of other newspapers like the New York Times, the Washington Star, and the Dayton Daily News, which, in 1920, was owned by Harding's Democratic opponent, Governor James M. Cox. I also posted information from other newspapers that covered Harding's trips away from Marion during the campaign.

Another great resource I used was Dale E. Cottrill's The Conciliator, a 1969 biography of the president that expanded an earlier bibliography of Harding's speeches. An online version is available at the Internet Archive, but I used a hard copy borrowed from the State Library of Ohio.

Readers should not construe anything posted here as a political statement on my part. I just like Harding as a historical topic.

7/09/2020

Friday, July 9, 1920

Harding meets with party officials to discuss plans for the nominating ceremonies on July 22, details of which are announced that afternoon:
  • Presiding officer, Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee
  • Singing, "The Star Spangled Banner," Columbus Republican Glee club
  • Invocation, Dr. T. H. McAfee, pastor of Trinity Baptist church
  • Notification, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts, chairman of the notification committee
  • Acceptance, Senator Warren G. Harding
  • Singing, "America," by the assembly, led by Columbus Republican Glee club
  • Benediction, Rev. Joseph M. Denning, past of St. Mary's Catholic church
The newsreels that were filmed Monday at Harding's house arrive in Marion by mail; they will be shown at the Grand theater along with the Pathe News footage of Harding's birthplace.


Sources:
  • "Harding Homecoming Films." Marion Star. 9 July 1920.
  • "Notification Day Program." Marion Star. 10 July 1920.
  • "Planning for Notification." Marion Star. 9 July 1920.
  • "Political Artillery Moving to Position for Mighty Conflict." Washington Star. 9 July 1920.
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