His birthplace sounds like a mafia headquarters in the heartland, his middle name sounds like a rabbi, his shrill wife was nobly nicknamed. Where did this dark horse die?

edmund80

President Warren G. Harding died at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco at 7:35 p.m. on August 2, 1923. He was born on November 2, 1865 near Marion, Ohio (in a town now called Blooming Grove, Ohio). The "Marion County Mafia" was a prank pulled by two South Pittsburg,TN youths in January, 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding#Early_life http://www.newschannel9.com/common/printer/view.php?db=wtvc&id=966043 http://www.topix.com/forum/city/south-pittsburg-tn/T0NEF81V8J5N05EQB He was the "dark horse" candidate of the Republican Party in the 1920 presidential election. "Harding was a true "dark horse" candidate, winning the Republican Party nomination due to the political machinations of his friends after the nominating convention had become deadlocked." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding#Election_of_1920 His middle initial "G" stands for Gamaliel and is the Greek form of the Hebrew name meaning "God is my reward or recompense". It is also the name of a historically important Rabbi. http://www.meaning-of-names.com/hebrew-names/gamaliel.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamaliel Finally, he nicknamed his wife the former Florence Kling, the "Duchess". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Harding http://books.google.com/books?id=_VgLtO4Lby4C&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=shrill+wife+%2B+duchess&source=web&ots=aNDLstQws3&sig=xmkdAs4moEOohRhTXsOVYGiYUhk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA67,M1 http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0193620-00 Dec 05 08, 11:46 PM

queproblema

Excellent, Edmund! One detail more: he was born NEAR Marion, Ohio. Can you find exactly where? (Think "Petit Caporal".) Asking what he died of might be against board rules since no one knows for sure. Dec 06 08, 1:26 AM

edmund80

Le petit caporal refers to Napoleon Bonaparte who was born in Corsica. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France This source says that President Harding was born near Corsica now Blooming Grove, in Morrow County, Ohio. http://www.fact-archive.com/encyclopedia/Warren_G._Harding Also, in my first post I wrote that Gamaliel means "God is my reward or recompense." That was taken from the wiki site below and another site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamaliel_(disambiguation) http://dictionary.infoplease.com/gamaliel However, some sites say that it means "God's reward or the recompense of God" and even "camel of God." http://www.baby-names-meanings.net/meaning/gamaliel.html http://dictionary.babylon.com/Gamaliel Dec 06 08, 2:06 AM

queproblema

Yes, Corsica was the birthplace I was looking for...which conjures up the mafia. http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/harding http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,835542,00.html Well done! Dec 06 08, 3:39 AM