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    Who is the only newspaper publisher ever elected President of the United States?

    Question #128217. Asked by BarbaraMcI. (Dec 05 12 2:09 PM)


    jwl1009

    		Warren Harding

    http://www.history.com/topics/warren-g-harding


    Dec 05 12, 2:21 PM
    shorthumbz

    		Harding published and eventually completely owned "The Marion (Ohio) Daily Star," before he was 24 years old.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Harding#Career_in_journalism_and_marriage

    Dec 05 12, 2:26 PM
    euab

    		Warren Gamaliel Harding

    29th President of the United States
    (March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923)

    Nickname: None listed.

    Born: November 2, 1865, near Corsica (now Blooming Grove), Ohio
    Died: August 2, 1923, in San Francisco, California

    Father: George Tyron Harding
    Mother: Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson Harding
    Married: Florence Kling De Wolfe (1860-1924), on July 8, 1891
    Children: Elizabeth Ann Christian (illegitimate child by Nan Britton) (1919- )

    Religion: Baptist
    Education: Graduated from Ohio Central College (1882)
    Occupation: Editor-Publisher
    Political Party: Republican
    He was the first newspaper publisher to be elected president.
    http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/wgharding.html

    Dec 06 12, 8:22 AM

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