Warren Harding was an unexpected winner of the Republican nomination for the election of 1920. Once nominated, however, he easily won with a campaign calling for a "return to normalcy." He had a strong cabinet and some notable successes: The Washington Naval Treaty was an arms limitation treaty that met the anti-war spirit of the post Great War era, and that treaty held for ten years. Harding's popularity and achievements were all tarnished by scandals that emerged after his death. He died suddenly of a heart attack while on a speaking tour in the western United States in 1923. He was the 6th President in 130 years to die in office.
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