For 10 points, identify this corruption-plagued twenty-ninth U.S. President, whose sudden death in 1923 caused Calvin Coolidge to ascend to the presidency.
This President sent federal troops to stop striking coal miners at the Battle of Blair Mountain. He supported the anti-lynching Dyer bill, but he had to force the resignation of the fraudulent Director of the Veterans' Bureau, Charles R. Forbes. The Washington Naval Conference took place during this President's term. He promised America a (*) "return to normalcy" during his presidential campaign. Loans from Edward Doheny were accepted by his Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, in exchange for drilling rights at Teapot Dome. For 10 points, identify this corruption-plagued twenty-ninth U.S. President, whose sudden death in 1923 caused Calvin Coolidge to ascend to the presidency.
This President sent federal troops to stop striking coal miners at the Battle of Blair Mountain.
Warren G. Harding