This quiz tests PRESIDENTIAL MISTRESSES Nan Britton and Warren Harding. Nan wrote a best-selling book in 1927, titled 'The President's Daughter', which detailed stories of a sexual liaison she had with Warren Harding between 1917 (when she was barely 21 years old) and 1923. Nan's book reported the Harding's wife nearly caught them in the act in coat closet (a secret service agent, intervened) Harding's father once told his son, 'If you were a girl you'd always been in a family way - you can't say no.' Despite Harding's libidinous reputation, many historians now doubt Nan's claims. In 1923, with his administration's financial scandals filling the pages of newspapers, the president left Washington to tour of the West Coast and Alaska. He died in a San Francisco hotel room. The cause of death was reported as a stroke. Mrs. Harding had refused to have an autopsy done on her husband. Later an agent for the FBI published a report claiming that Harding's wife had poisoned him. History Knowledge Quizzes, Trivia, IQ Tests
This History IQ Quiz is based upon the selector PRESIDENTIAL MISTRESSES by Sally Hemings. Test your knowledge of: Nan Britton and Warren Harding. Nan wrote a best-selling book in 1927, titled 'The President's Daughter', which detailed stories of a sexual liaison she had with Warren Harding between 1917 (when she was barely 21 years old) and 1923. Nan's book reported the Harding's wife nearly caught them in the act in coat closet (a secret service agent, intervened) Harding's father once told his son, 'If you were a girl you'd always been in a family way - you can't say no.' Despite Harding's libidinous reputation, many historians now doubt Nan's claims. In 1923, with his administration's financial scandals filling the pages of newspapers, the president left Washington to tour of the West Coast and Alaska. He died in a San Francisco hotel room. The cause of death was reported as a stroke. Mrs. Harding had refused to have an autopsy done on her husband. Later an agent for the FBI published a report claiming that Harding's wife had poisoned him.
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