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.

10/29/2020

Friday, October 29, 1920 (AKRON AND CINCINNATI)

Akron, Ohio

Harding is in Akron this morning, the day after he gave a campaign speech to thousands there. He heads to Cincinnati for his next appearance.

Marion, Ohio

Harding...passed through Marion this morning about 11:30 o'clock in two special coaches on Erie train, No. 2, enroute from Akron to Cincinnati. The train stopped here about fifteen minutes. A large number of friends of Senator and Mrs. Harding were out to greet them and chatted with them on the platform. (Marion Star)

Urbana, Ohio

"At Urbana his train stopped for 10 minutes, the Senator leaving his car and crossing the tracks to speak to a crowd of several hundred person." (Cincinnati Enquirer)

Dayton, Ohio

"Senator Warren G. Harding and Mrs. Harding arrived in Dayton at 2:30 Friday afternoon and got off the train for a few minutes to shake hands with several hundred people who had gathered to meet them. The senator was enroute to Hamilton where he was to make a speech, later going to Cincinnati for an address..." (Dayton Herald)

Hamilton, Ohio

Yesterday, the Hamilton Daily News reported that Harding would stop in Hamilton today: "This is the only opportunity the people of Hamilton have to hear the leading candidate in this campaign. Attempts have been made for several weeks to get Senator Harding here for an address but these were unavailing, and it was not until noon today that definite word was received that he would be able to stop here." He arrives at 3:30 and is greeted by a large crowd.

Cincinnati, Ohio

The Harding train arrives in Cincinnati at 4:40 p.m. and the candidate is taken to the Hotel Sinton, where a dinner in his honor is given at 6 o'clock. Nicholas and Alice Longworth are in attendance.

"Cincinnati paid glorious tribute...when Senator Warren G. Harding was welcomed by one of the most enthusiastic audiences that ever assembled in historic Music Hall to hear a presidential candidate..." (Cincinnati Enquirer)

Sources:

  • "Cheers for Harding." Cincinnati Enquirer. 30 October 1920.
  • "Great Rally in the Queen City." Marion Star. 30 October 1920.
  • "Harding and Party Pass Through Marion." Marion Star. 29 October 1920.
  • "Harding to Speak at Fourth and High Streets at 2:35 P.M. Friday." Hamilton Daily News. 28 October 1920.
  • "Many Shake Hand of Candidate for Republican Honor." Dayton Herald. 29 October 1920.
  • "Sen. Harding Admits." Hamilton Evening Journal. 30 October 1920.
  • "Urbana Folks Hear Harding." Marion Star. 29 October 1920.

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