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Warren G Harding-Republican Who Wanted a Return to Normalcy After the War. Think history is boring? Harding doesn’t. He had many scandals, the most famous was called Tea Pot Dome And he had many affairs. He lived such a wild life he died of a heart attack after 2 years in office.
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Warren G Harding-Republican Who Wanted a Return to Normalcy After the War Think history is boring? Harding doesn’t. He had many scandals, the most famous was called Tea Pot Dome And he had many affairs. He lived such a wild life he died of a heart attack after 2 years in office. VP Calvin Coolidge took over.
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