The U.S. President Who Paid Two Mistresses to be Silent

Although President Trump stands accused of paying a woman to remain silent, one hundred years ago another Republican President was paying two women to be silent concerning his affairs with them. Our 29th President may have been having multiple affairs simultaneously, as Florence Harding’s biographer claims the President maintained as many as seven mistresses. The Republican National Committee even spent $25,000 to send the mistress and her husband on an extensive travel trip to the Far East during the 1920 presidential campaign. Unfortunately for the President, he was an ardent love letter writer, some as long as 40 pages, and his mistress kept the letters. They were discovered decades later, and subsequently sealed for 50 years by an Ohio Judge and now housed at the Library of Congress. A current national archivist describes the letters as “wild, impassioned, heated, and salacious.” Worse, the President’s primary mistress, with whom he carried on this multi-decade affair, may have been a German Spy. This video, using original film and photos, documents President Warren G. Harding’s affairs with two women, his efforts to keep them silent, and takes you inside the letters for an intimate look at our President and his affairs.
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[@1912papa]

Excellent presentation. I don’t remember this being mentioned in history class. We Americans seem to think our political leaders have to be “protected “ from scrutiny and potential scandals.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thanks for watching two of my videos. I am thankful. Safe travels to Japan.

[@andersfant4997]

I have a decent library of Am History, I got it from my grandfarther when I was a little boy, and he recommended (demanded) that I read each volume..Roger Butterfield writes in "The American Past" about Harding: "He was a good-hearted, handshaking politician who was not very bright, and knew it". Seems accurate🙂? Butterfield called Harding "The unhappy president". Intresting video. Cheers.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Ha, good grand dad! Good story, thanks for sharing with us (and watching the video). Butterfield probably got it right :-)

[@darrellbrown9098]

I did not realize that Harding was this busy. No wonder he was an ineffective president. :)

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thanks for watching and commenting Darrell

[@stratinolampino]

Harding was a real G. Never understood why people hated him, honestly that man was cool and funny and fixed Wilson’s economic disaster.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thank you for your comment. I saw a headline the other day - I should have read it - that said to the effect "Harding's Presidency Reevaluated," and I took it that the point was going to be what you are saying here - the guy was better than how he has been portrayed.