EVB2934033: Will Hays (1879-1954), a lawyer for, as well as a director and stockholder of Sinclair Oil Company, became chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1918. A skilled politician, he served as Harding's Postmaster General for one year before assuming the Presidency of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors, 1922, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934063: Thomas J. Walsh (1859-1933), chairman of the tumultuous 1924 Democratic convention, that nominated compromise candidate, John W. Davis. Walsh was offered the Vice Presidential nomination, but declined because he believed the Democrats could not defeat Coolidge. 1924, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934204: First Lady Florence Harding and Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon outside the White House. With them are the corrupt Ohio Gang leader, Harry Daugherty (center back), his wife, and his roommate, bag man, and 1924 suspicious death victim, Jess Smith (far right). Dec. 20, 1921, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934207: Andrew W. Mellon and Ogden Mills, outside the Capitol, after closing session of the Sixty-Ninth Congress. Mills became Undersecretary of the Treasury in 1927 and assumed responsibility for representing the Treasury Department before Congress. 1927, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934231: Archibald 'Archie' Roosevelt (1894-1979), the fifth child of Theodore Roosevelt as young boy. He served in both World Wars, established a successful financial business, and in his later life , departed from the family Progressive tradition, supported extreme right wing causes / Bridgeman Images