1865-1923. The 29th president of the USA
1921-23, a Republican. Harding born in Ohio,
and entered the US Senate in 1914. As
president he concluded the peace treaties of
1921 with Germany, Austria, and Hungary, and
in the same year called the Washington Naval
Conference to resolve conflicting British,
Japanese, and US ambitions in the Pacific. He
opposed US membership of the League of
Nations. There were charges of corruption
among members of his cabinet (the Teapot Dome
Scandal).