Warren Gamaliel Harding was born at Corsi¢a, Morrow County, Ohio, on: November 2, 1865. His" early education was obtained at the now defunct Central College, Iberia, and on leaving this institution he entered upon a journalistic career. It was this that first brought him to the front as it has done im the case of so many others, and we see an early triumph in the establishment of the Harding Publishing Ca. His paper, the ''Star," published at Marion, has long been recognized as one of the best conducted journals of that part of the United States, In the case of Mr. Harding: a transition from journalism to practical politicos was easy, so that at the age of 35 we find him a member of the Ohio Senate Here he made his first mark in politics, and in 1904 he became Lieutenant-Governor of the State. The way was now open for advancement to greater honours, and in 1910 he was the Republican nominee for the Governorship of his State. He was defeated, but it was one of those defeats which spurs the ambitious man to his really great efforts. In 1915 he went to the United States Senate as the Ohio choice, and his work as Senator convinced the Republican Party that, in the struggle between various factions, a satisfactory compromise might reached by nominating him. His, next step, accordingly was resign nation from the Senate, and at the Republican National Convention, held at Chicago he received the nomination for the Presidency,
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