President Harding speaking from Governor Bone’s mansion during a trip to Juneau in 1923. While in Alaska, Harding encouraged the populization and development of the territory. His schedule was physically demanding and on his return trip through California, he developed a respiratory illness and died in San Francisco.
Courtesy of the Alaska State Library Historical Collections,ASL-P418-02
President Harding's visit to Juneau, 1923. President Harding speaking from Governor Bone's mansion, Juneau, Alaska.
Comments (5)
Add commentSo we killed him?
So we killed him?
Camp crud.
Keeps going around.
It was interesting to see
It was interesting to see President Harding portrayed on "Boardwalk Empire."
President Harding in Alaska
He didn't die from respiratory illness, he died from heart disease that he had for years. I've read everything written about his final days & it is quite clear.
He appointed Governor Scott Bone to office & Bone was eager to show off Alaska to the President.
we didn't kill him....the canadians did
Within minutes of Warren G. Hardings death at either 7:10, 7:20, or 7:30 p.m. on August 2, 1923, rumors began to circulate. No one present at his demise could give the correct time of death. No one seemed to be sure who was on hand in the San Francisco hotel room when he breathed his last. Most of all, the four physicians who had been caring for Harding for the previous week could not agree on the cause of death. It had something to do with his heart. On the other hand, perhaps it was a stroke. Alternatively, it could have been both, exacerbated by the ptomaine poisoning that he may or may not have experienced a few days earlier in Vancouver. Despite the confusion over the time of death, surely an autopsy would resolve the uncertainty about what killed Warren G. Harding