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{{Character infobox
| Title=Warren G. Harding
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| Title=Warren G. Harding
| Image=13883128 pres-harding-tv be-1.jpg
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| Image=13883128 pres-harding-tv be-1.jpg
| Name= Senator Harding
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| Name= Senator Harding
| Birthplace=Ohio
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| Birthplace=Ohio
| Birthdate=November 2nd, 1865
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| Birthdate=November 2nd, 1865
| Age=56
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| Age=56
| Actor=[[Malachi Cleary]]
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| Actor=[[Malachi Cleary]]
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'''Senator Warren G. Harding''' (played by [[Malachi Cleary]]) is a Republican Senator from Ohio running for President of the United States in 1920.
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'''Senator Warren G. Harding''' (played by [[Malachi Cleary]]) is a Republican Senator from Ohio running for President of the United States in 1920.
   
 
==Character Biography==
 
==Character Biography==
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==Relationships==
 
==Relationships==
 
*[[Nan Britton]]: Mistress and mother of his child
 
*[[Nan Britton]]: Mistress and mother of his child
 
*[[Harry Daugherty]]: Campaign Manager
 
*[[Harry Daugherty]]: Campaign Manager
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==Season 1==
 
==Season 1==
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Nucky attends the Republican National Convention in Chicago and strikes up a deal with solicitous campaign manager Harry Daugherty- in return for swinging votes to Harding, Daugherty will block Senator Edge from the VP slot. When Nucky learns that Harding has fathered an illegitimate child with Nan Britton, he sweetens the deal by offering to stash her away in Jersey during the campaign. Nan returns with Nucky on the train to Atlantic City, at which point he confesses to falling in love with Harding at first sight. She reads from his love poetry: I love your perfect thighs/When they hold me in paradise." Which prompts Nucky to call Harding an imbecile.
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In the final episode, Nucky learns that Harding has been elected the 29th President of the United States
   
   
 
==Memorable Quotes==
 
==Memorable Quotes==
*"''That man is an imbecile."' (Spoken by
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*"''That man is an imbecile."'' (Spoken by Nucky)
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*"''The field has no first raters and Harding's the best of the second raters."'' (spoken by Daugherty)
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Revision as of 21:04, 5 January 2011



Senator Warren G. Harding (played by Malachi Cleary) is a Republican Senator from Ohio running for President of the United States in 1920.

Character Biography

Relationships

Season 1

Nucky attends the Republican National Convention in Chicago and strikes up a deal with solicitous campaign manager Harry Daugherty- in return for swinging votes to Harding, Daugherty will block Senator Edge from the VP slot. When Nucky learns that Harding has fathered an illegitimate child with Nan Britton, he sweetens the deal by offering to stash her away in Jersey during the campaign. Nan returns with Nucky on the train to Atlantic City, at which point he confesses to falling in love with Harding at first sight. She reads from his love poetry: I love your perfect thighs/When they hold me in paradise." Which prompts Nucky to call Harding an imbecile.

In the final episode, Nucky learns that Harding has been elected the 29th President of the United States


Memorable Quotes

  • "That man is an imbecile." (Spoken by Nucky)
  • "The field has no first raters and Harding's the best of the second raters." (spoken by Daugherty)