- In office since
- March 4, 1921
- Left office
- August 2, 1923
- Born
- November 2, 1865
- Died
- August 2, 1923
- Religion
- Baptists[2]
Life phases1
One octagon for each phase of the life of Warren G. Harding. Each of the eight axes is scored 0 to 5 against a written rubric from documented evidence, with its source; an axis without evidence is a gap, not a zero. There is no total and no ideal shape: it is a profile, not a ranking. Appearance and personality are not axes, because they cannot be scored from evidence.
President, died in office1921–1923Created the federal budget system, cut taxes and held the Washington Naval Conference; scandals broke around his administration and he died in August 1923.
No total and no ideal shape: a longer spoke means more of that axis, so a long Misconduct spoke is more documented misconduct.
Scores, rubric and sources
- 01Education3 of 5
- Medium confidenceEnrolled at Ohio Central College at 14 in 1879 and graduated in 1882; the infobox lists a Bachelor of Arts.[1]Highest attainment by then: 1 secondary school, 2 some college, 3 bachelor's degree, 4 master's or professional degree, 5 doctorate.
- 02WealthNo evidence
- Net worth or income against the national thresholds of the time: 1 below the median household, 3 top 5%, 5 top 0.1%.
- 03Position5 of 5
- High confidencePresident of the United States, March 1921 to August 1923.[4]Scope of the role held: 1 entry level, 3 senior manager or legislator, 5 head of state or government, or the top role of a major institution.
- 04Public standingNo evidence
- Public approval or favourability where it was measured: 1 under 20%, 3 35 to 50%, 5 over 65%.
- 05Health1 of 5
- Medium confidenceAware of a heart condition by 1919; never fully recovered from influenza in January 1923; doctors found heart trouble and pneumonia on July 29, 1923 and he died of an apparent heart attack on August 2, 1923, aged 57.[3]Documented health where an examination or disclosure exists: 5 no documented concern, 1 a serious documented condition.
- 06MisconductNo evidence
- The documented legal and ethics record within the phase, as in the misconduct meter: 0 none documented, 1 only matters resolved in their favour, 2 an open matter, 3 one finding, 4 two or three, 5 four or more. More is more documented misconduct.
- 07Social good3 of 5
- Low confidenceSigned the Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act (almost 3,000 child and health centers), commuted Eugene Debs's sentence and publicly deplored the steel industry's 12-hour day; against that, he signed the 1921 Emergency Quota Act and the Dyer anti-lynching bill died in the Senate in November 1922. Judgement-heavy.[4]Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on health, safety, education, rights and the environment, from official statistics or peer-reviewed evidence: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
- 08Economic good3.5 of 5
- Low confidenceBudget and Accounting Act (June 1921) created the Bureau of the Budget; spending fell $1.5B (25%) in the first budget director's first year and another 25% the next; Revenue Act of 1921 cut the top rate from 73% to 58%; unemployment was about 11% in 1922.[4]Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on efficiency, growth and fiscal sustainability, from CBO and peer-reviewed evidence, as in the good-for-society reading: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
No sourced record has been added for Warren G. Harding yet.
Sources4
Health, weight and religion appear only where the person, their physician or a reputable outlet has published them; each links to its source.