<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UHarding waqala iminyaka yakhe emine njengelungu lesishaya-mthetho sesifundazwe njengomuntu ongaziwa kwezombangazwe; wayiqeda njengomunye wabantu abadume kakhulu eqenjini le-Ohio Republican Party. Wayehlale ebonakala ezolile futhi ebonisa ukuthobeka, izimfanelo ezazimenza athandeke kwamanye amaRiphabhuliki ngisho nalapho edlula kuwo ekukhuphukeni kwakhe kwezombusazwe. Abaholi bezomthetho babemcela iseluleko ngezinkinga ezinzima. Kwakujwayelekile ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi amaSenator ase-Ohio asebenze isikhathi esisodwa kuphela, kodwa uHarding wabuye waqokwa kabusha ngo-1901. Ngemva kokubulawa kukaMcKinley  <response>: ngoSeptemba walandelwa nguSekela likaMongameli uTheodore Roosevelt, iningi lokuthanda ezombusazwe lalahleka okwesikhashana eOhio. NgoNovemba, uHarding wanqoba okwesibili, ngaphezu kokuphindeka kabili umngcele wakhe wokunqoba waba ngamavoti angu-3 563. 