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Presidents From Ohio

Presidents W.H. Harrison and Garfield are unfortunately the worst cases of bad luck to befall these Ohio presidents. .
             The next two Ohio presidents where the creators of their own misfortune in office. The first of these two men is President Ulysses Grant. President Grant, born to an Ohio tanner, ascended to the presidency as a national hero but left a broken man.(2) Grant prior to being elected president had had no political training of experience. This lack of experience and his inability to judge character would prove to be his down fall a commander in chief. Grant's troubles began immediately after being elected when many of his major cabinet appointees were failures. These would only prove to be the beginning of Grant's troubles in office. The first major scandal of his administration occurred when Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, two stock manipulators, attempted to corner the gold market with help from the President's brother-in-law. In an attempt to prevent the corner Grant released 4 million dollars in gold into the market, effectively stopping the corner, yet at the same time creating a financial panic.(3) this misstep would lead to the eventual depression in the following years. More scandals beset Grant's second term as president and Credit Moblier and the Whiskey Ring affairs all but brought down his presidency. .
             The other Ohioan that resided at 1600 W. Pennsylvania Ave. that was scandal prone was President Warren Harding. Elected in 1920, Harding was the first in a line of three GOP presidents after the Progressive Era. Harding campaigned on a platform of "normalcy" in which marked the end of reform minded government. Harding rose to the top in Ohio politics due in large part to willingness to let party bosses formulate the agenda. He was elected to U.S. Senate in 1914, and at the 1920 GOP convention was the surprise nominee, on the strength of some Senate colleagues who felt that he "looked presidential".


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