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.

7/13/2020

Tuesday, July 13, 1920

The Longworths leave just before 11 a.m. Asked about his thoughts on the front-door campaign plan, Longworth tells journalists that he approves it. "I think the people are tired of the cart-tail, ballyhoo campaign methods, especially for a presidential candidate." Upon his return to Cincinnati, he is asked about his visit. "We had a pleasant time with the presidential candidate. He was in the best of humor and confident of being elected."

Harding continues to work on his speech for the acceptance ceremonies, which are next week. Later in the day, he meets Bob Martin, the champion heavyweight boxer of the American AEF, who is to fight Dick O'Brien in Columbus Wednesday night before a crowd of 5,000.

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Sources:
  • "Bob Martin, Solider Champion, in Marion." Marion Star. 14 July 1920.
  • Freeland, Eleanor Margaret. "Harding Household Doings Told by the Girl Next Door." Baltimore Sun. 25 July 1920.
  • "Martin and O'Brien." Cincinnati Enquirer. 14 July 1920.
  • "Says Harding Is Confident." Cincinnati Enquirer. 15 July 1920.
  • "Senator Seen by Longworth." Marion Star. 13 July 1920.
  • "Wood to Support Harding." Marion Star. 13 July 1920.
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