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Monday, June 05, 2006

Sex, Sin and The President

Thought I was talking about modern day Presidents, but no this is President Warren Harding in the early 1900's. The President's Daughter wriiten by Nan Britton in 1927 is the story of her affair with President Harding and the daughter of that affair. By all accounts Harding was a crude womanizer who had been carrying on with the wife of one of his friends for 15 years but was growing tired of her demands. Then Nan reappeared in his life and Harding began sleeping with the 20 year old. Now to be fair Nan was no angel she had become smitten with Harding when she was in her teens and moved to New York and contacted than Senator Warren about helping her find a job. Couldn't find her a job but spent several hours in her room at the Hotel Manhatten left her with 30 dollars and a future as his mistress. The child was conceived before Harding became President on a couch in Harding's Senate. The affair continued during Harding's presidency with meetings aided by the Secret Service and taking place in the coat closet of the executive office. Harding supported both Nan and her daughter until his untimely death in 1923. After the President's death the Harding family refused to support Nan or her child any longer. As a result, she published the book "The Presidents Daughter" which was soon to become a best seller.

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