You still see a lot of sensationalist stuff about the murder of Senator Warren G. Harding by his jealous wife in 1917. What I think should be mentioned more is that at the time of his death he was already being spoken of as a possible GOP presidential candidate in 1920 by people who compared him to McKinley--a small-city Ohio conservative with broad popular appeal. I could easily see him as a compromise nominee. And had he been nominated and elected, I'm pretty sure that America would have joined the League. As he said in 1916, endorsing President Wilson's League to Enforce Peace speech, "I will always welcome such an alliance as proposed by President Wilson. Peace is an aim commendable enough to justify almost any kind of arrangement with other Powers." https://books.google.com/books?id=iyfEIkl3hXcC&pg=PA374
And I wonder if Governor Cox would have done so badly in 1920 if not for his pardon of Florence Harding. A lot of people thought it was motivated by politics, not mercy.
And I wonder if Governor Cox would have done so badly in 1920 if not for his pardon of Florence Harding. A lot of people thought it was motivated by politics, not mercy.