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Harding, Warren G(amaliel)

美国第二十九任总统(1921~1923)。在马里恩成为报纸发行人,在那儿与共和党的政治机器联合。他历任州参议员(1899~1902)、副州长(1903~1904)、联邦参议员(1915~1921),支持保守政策。在1920年共和党全国代表大会上,成为妥协下的总统候选人。第一次世界大战後「回归常态」的誓言,他以超过60%的普选票击败考克斯,在当时是最大的差距。根据他的提议,国会建立联邦政府预算制度,通过保护关税法、修订战时税法以及限制移民入境法。哈定政府召开华盛顿会议(1921~1922)。他的令人诟病的内阁和酬庸性质的任命,包括福尔在内,导致蒂波特山丑闻和其行政部门的腐化。当在阿拉斯加时,接获贪污将被揭发的消息便立即赶回。在抵达旧金山时已非常疲累,据说是感染食物中毒和其他疾病,八月二日在不明原因的情况下去世。他去世後,由副总统柯立芝接任总统职务。

1865~1923年

Harding, Warren G(amaliel)

29th president of the U.S. (1921-23). Born in Corsica, Ohio, he became a newspaper publisher in Marion, where he was allied with the Republican Party's political machine. He served successively as state senator (1899-1902), lieutenant governor (1903-4), and U.S. senator (1915-21), supporting conservative policies. At the deadlocked 1920 Republican presidential convention, he was chosen as the compromise candidate. Pledging a “return to normalcy” after World War I, he defeated James Cox with over 60% of the popular vote, the largest margin to that time. On his recommendation, Congress established a budget system for the federal government, passed a high protective tariff, revised wartime taxes, and restricted immigration. His administration convened the Washington Conference (1921-22). His ill-advised cabinet and patronage appointments, including Albert Fall, led to the Teapot Dome scandal and characterized his administration as corrupt. While in Alaska, he received word of the corruption about to be exposed and headed back. He arrived in San Francisco exhausted, reportedly suffering from food poisoning and other ills, and died there on August 2 under unclear circumstances. He was succeeded by his vice president, Calvin Coolidge.