George Tryon Harding | |
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Born | George Tryon Harding June 12, 1843 Blooming Grove, Ohio, United States |
Died | November 19, 1928 Santa Ana, California, United States | (aged 85)
Nationality | American |
Other names | Tryon Harding |
Occupation(s) | Physician, businessman |
Spouses | Phoebe Dickerson
(m. 1864; died 1910)Eudora Kelley Luvisi
(m. 1911; div. 1916)Alice Severns (m. 1921) |
Children | 8, including Warren |
George Tryon Harding (June 12, 1843 – November 19, 1928), known as Tryon Harding (often misspelled "Tyron"), was an American physician and businessman who is best known as the father of Warren G. Harding, the 29th president of the United States. Harding was named in honor of his grandfather; however, he did not use "Jr." or the suffix "II" in his adult life. He was the first presidential father to outlive his son, and the second presidential father (after Nathaniel Fillmore) to live through his son's presidency. In his biography of Warren G. Harding, Charles L. Mee describes Tryon Harding as "a small, idle, shiftless, impractical, lazy, daydreaming, catnapping fellow whose eye was always on the main chance".[1]