Harry Micajah Daugherty was an American politician.
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44 Facts About Harry Daugherty
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Harry Daugherty remained an influential figure behind the election of several US representatives and senators.
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Twice the subject of federal corruption investigations, Harry Daugherty was forced in 1924 to resign his post as Attorney General by Harding's presidential successor, Calvin Coolidge.
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Harry M Daugherty was born on January 26,1860, in the small town of Washington Court House, Ohio.
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Daugherty's father died of diphtheria when Harry was just four years old, as did one of his brothers, leaving his mother as the sole provider for the household.
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Harry Daugherty's mother wanted him to become a Methodist minister, but the prospect of life as a clergyman held no appeal for him.
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In 1878 Harry Daugherty entered the University of Michigan Law School, accepted there despite not having first obtained an undergraduate education.
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Harry Daugherty supplemented his insufficient income by gambling, winning a significant sum betting on the election of James Garfield in the 1880 presidential election.
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In 1882 Harry Daugherty was elected by the Fayette County Republican Central Committee as the recording secretary of the organization.
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Harry Daugherty ran for political office in the election of 1882, winning election as the clerk of nearby Union Township.
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Harry Daugherty was selected as one of five delegates from the Fayette Country Republican Party as a delegate to the Ohio State Republican Convention in 1883, held in Columbus.
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The connection between the two was tightened further in September 1884, when Harry Daugherty married Lucille Walker of Wellston, Ohio – a cousin of Foraker's wife.
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Harry Daugherty was elected to a two-year term on the city council in the election of 1885, serving from 1886 to 1887.
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Harry Daugherty was elected as chairman of the Fayette County Republican Central Committee in 1886 but spent most of his time helping to establish a law practice.
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Harry Daugherty won reelection to the Ohio House of Representatives in the fall of 1891, beating his Democratic opponent by more than 750 votes out of about 4,900 cast.
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In 1893 Harry Daugherty was chosen as chairman of the Ohio Republican State Convention which nominated McKinley as the party's candidate for Governor.
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Harry Daugherty ultimately decided to decline this position, instead opening a new law office in that city, while still remaining a resident and practicing attorney in his hometown of Washington Court House.
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Harry Daugherty accepted the Coit case, and on March 5,1895, won his acquittal of manslaughter charges.
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The actual nomination was to be made by the 7th District Republican Convention and there Daugherty fell victim to factional machinations, with the nomination going instead to Walter L Weaver, who would ultimately serve two terms in Congress.
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Harry Daugherty traveled through Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Ohio, logging over 9,000 miles traveled in delivering some 47 campaign speeches in support of McKinley and the Republicans' successful effort.
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Harry Daugherty took his fight all the way to the Ohio Republican Convention before losing to Nash, 461 delegate votes to 205.
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Harry Daugherty maintained considerable influence with Republicans in the state legislature, who had known and worked with Harry Daugherty for years.
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Harry Daugherty was instrumental in helping his ally Burton win election to the Senate in 1908 but was relegated to a key backstage role instead of himself standing for election to high office.
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Harry Daugherty remained fully engaged as a political operative in spite of this major change attaching himself to a powerful state senator named Warren G Harding.
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Harry Daugherty had known Harding since the autumn of 1899, when he had been prominent in Ohio politics and Harding was a 35-year-old upstart.
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Ever the political manipulator, in January 1918 Harry Daugherty observed the significance of the growing temperance movement and opportunistically attempted to become a movement leader in the state.
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Harry Daugherty was himself a drinker but was not a man to let personal habits stand in the way of political possibility.
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Harry Daugherty subsequently served as campaign manager for Harding in the presidential election of 1920.
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Harry Daugherty was confirmed by the Senate and assumed office on March 4,1921.
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Harry Daugherty enjoyed the company of these men and his old Ohio associates in and out of the government.
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Harry Daugherty was accused by opponents of the administration of having been complicit in the Teapot Dome affair by failing to intervene after he had learned of the malfeasance.
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Harry Daugherty said that he had received some rumors of irregularities, centering around Smith, in connection with cases in the Department of Justice.
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Harry Daugherty had followed the matter up and finally sent for Smith.
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Harry Daugherty abruptly dried up and never raised the question again.
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Harry Daugherty greatly delayed the removal of Daugherty from the Cabinet.
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We urged that Harry Daugherty had lost the confidence of the whole country and himself should be willing to retire for the good of public service.
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Harry Daugherty was quickly replaced as Attorney General by Harlan Fiske Stone, dean of the Columbia Law School.
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In 1926, Daugherty was indicted on charges that he improperly received funds in the sale of American Metal Company assets seized during World War I The indictment came down one year after Smith, Republican political boss John T King of Connecticut, and former Alien Property Custodian Thomas W Miller were charged with the same misconduct.
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Harry Daugherty was acquitted after a single juror remained unconvinced of his guilt in the second trial.
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Harry Daugherty returned to practicing law until his retirement in 1932, and that year published, with ghostwriter Thomas Dixon, The Inside Story of the Harding Tragedy about his time in the Harding administration.
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Harry Daugherty was buried at Washington Cemetery in Washington Court House, Ohio.
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Harry Daugherty is portrayed by Christopher McDonald on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.
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Harry Daugherty is portrayed by Barry Sullivan in the 1979 NBC Mini-Series Backstairs at the White House.
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