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The Ohio Gang is a name applied to a group of officials within the administration of Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States of America. It carries connotations of self-serving, corrupt men hailing from Harding's home state of Ohio. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 - August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ...

The personality anchoring the Ohio Gang was Harry M. Daugherty, an Ohio Republican Party boss. Other administration names included under the Ohio Gang umbrella included Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall (a native of Kentucky, later of New Mexico), and Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby (Michigan). Harry Micajah Daugherty (January 26, 1860–October 12, 1941) (daw-GER-tee) was an American politician. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Albert Bacon Fall (November 26, 1861 – November 30, 1944) was a Senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding, notorious for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... There are a few people with the name Edwin Denby: Edwin Denby, American poet and dance critic Edwin C. Denby, U.S. politician from the state of Michigan, had prominent role in the Teapot Dome Scandal This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ...

Scandals Attributed to the Ohio Gang

Harry M. Daugherty is credited with engineering Harding's nomination as the Republican Party candidate at the Chicago Convention in the summer of 1920. When Harding won the election, he nominated Daugherty to the post of Attorney General in return for Daugherty's services. Once in office, Daugherty brought into the federal government his longtime friend from Washington Court House, Ohio, Jesse Smith. Smith managed Daugherty's interests where the illegal sale of alcohol was conducted; Smith later committed suicide when his involvement was made public. Daugherty’s activities were the subject of a government investigation; however, no charges were filed, and Daugherty never faced trial. Harry Micajah Daugherty (January 26, 1860–October 12, 1941) (daw-GER-tee) was an American politician. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Washington Court House is a city in Fayette County, Ohio, United States. ...

Albert B. Fall used his position to sell portions of the navy's strategic oil reserves and leases to Sinclair Oil of California — thus embroiling himself and Denby in the Teapot Dome Scandal. Fall was found guilty and became the first presidential cabinet member to serve time in prison. None of the other parties involved in Teapot Dome was from Ohio. Albert Bacon Fall (November 26, 1861 – November 30, 1944) was a Senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding, notorious for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal. ... Teapot Dome is a reference to an oil field on public land in Wyoming, so named because of a rock resembling a teapot overlooking the field. ... Teapot Dome is the commonly used name applied to the scandal that rocked the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding. ...

Charles Forbes, who bilked the government of millions of dollars while the head of Veterans Administration, was also not from Ohio and had in fact first met the Hardings in Hawaii. Forbes' relationship with Harding's sister Caroline Harding Votaw and her husband Heber Votaw also led the rumor mills to assume that Harding had blessed Forbes' activities when in fact it was Mrs. Votaw who informed the White House about Forbes' activities in fraudulent real estate deals. During his trial, Forbes attempted to implicate Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon in his actions, however Mellon's well-known standards of ethics trumped Forbes claim when he failed to produce any evidence to back his claims. The Ohio Gang is a misnomer, applied to a group of officials within the administration of Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States of America. ... The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for administering programs of veterans benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ...

Guilt by Association

Dr. Charles E. Sawyer, the President and Mrs. Harding's personal physician, has been incorrectly associated with the Ohio Gang because of allegations made by private investigator Gaston Means. Upon release from federal prison, Means wrote The Strange Deaths of President Harding in which he alluded to the possibility that Dr. Sawyer, in collaboration with Mrs. Harding, conspired to poison the President in order to avoid the disgraces associated with the scandals while still in office. This premise, however, is almost surely false; Harding’s health had been in decline for a numberer of years, and his death was probably from cardio-pulmonary issues exacerbated by the strenuous schedule of the Voyage of Understanding and the stress from the burgeoning scandals. Sawyer, who was of advanced age and suffered from heart problems, died in Marion, Ohio in the late summer of 1924. Mrs. Harding died in November of 1924 of kidney disease. Dr. Charles Elmer Sawyer, also known as Dr. C. E. Sawyer (January 24, 1860–September 1924), was a homeopathic physician who is blamed for giving a false diagnosis of US President Warren G. Harding that led to Hardings premature death. ... Gaston Bullock Means, a. ... Marion is a city in Marion County, Ohio, United States. ...

While Harding’s personal shortcomings have been documented, none — other than the consumption of alcohol during prohibition — broke Federal law. No known records or official administration documents have been presented that clearly implicate that President Harding knew of or directly benefited in any way from the antics of his errant cabinet members. The term Prohibition, also known as Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ...

The term "The Ohio Gang" was used as the title of Charles Mee Jr.'s 1981 book based upon the antics of the Harding Administration.