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America should have seen Warren G. Harding coming

All things considered, it's clear why America cooled on electing Ohioans to the presidency after Harding died. But that ain't his fault.

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D.J. Byrnes
Aug 07, 2023
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An AI-generated image of Warren G. Harding, who died 100 years ago last week.

Warren G. Harding was the 29th and some say the greatest president of the United States. He and I grew up in Marion, Ohio, though his Marion looked a lot different than mine.

“Marion! Marion!” the local Marion Star wrote as the City of Kings built its reputation as a railroad hu…

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