US President Harding’s casket moved to Marion

Republican Warren Gamalier Harding was the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death on August 2, 1923. A successful newspaper editor, he entered politics, was elected to the Ohio State Senator in 1900, and served as the state’s Lieutenant Governor from 1904 to 1906. In 1915, he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Ohio.

With his conservatism, amiable demeanor and “Make no enemies” election strategy They made him a candidate for the 1920 Republican National Convention. During his presidential campaign, in the final act of World War I, He promised the country would return to “normal”.His “America First” campaign encouraged industrialization and a strong, independent economy Free from outside influence.

Harding departed from the progressive movement that had dominated Congress since President Theodore Roosevelt, and in the 1920 election, Harding and his vice presidential candidate, Calvin Coolidge, They beat Democrat James M. Cox by a wide margin.

In the summer of 1923, her abdominal pains intensified, and doctors suspected she had a heart attack. On the way to San Francisco, he felt better and insisted on taking a walk. However, his illness relapsed.so the doctors They discovered that the president had not only a heart attack but also pneumonia

It was a serious disease at the time due to lack of antibiotic treatment.

Harding’s death sent shockwaves across the country. The President is loved and admired, The media and the public closely followed his condition and believed that he had overcome the disease. Harding’s casket traveled back to the East Coast on the same train he took in his lifetime, a journey detailed in the media. Nine million people came to watch the train’s long journey from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., Then head to Marion, where the late President is buried.

Upon arrival in Marion, the coffin is placed on a truss across the city, past the star headquarters to the city cemetery; In the funeral procession, in addition to the deceased’s wife and father, was President Coolidge

Chief Justice and former President Taft.