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Warren Harding was the 29th president of the United States. He was inaugurated on March 4, 1921. Harding's administration was riddled with scandals. The conduct of several of his cabinet members brought considerable criticism against the president and the Republican party. The "Teapot Dome Affair" was perhaps the most important scandal of Harding's administration. Harding's wife, Florence Kling de Wolfe, was a powerful and controlling influence. In the summer of 1923 Harding was visiting Alaska when he received a coded message from Washington. The contents so distressed him that he collapsed. Corruption within his administration was far worse then he had thought, and he planned an immediate return to Washington. When he reached San Francisco, however, he became gravely ill. - When the Republican Party regained power Hughes served as Secretary of State under Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. He was also a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice. and wrote The Supreme Court of the United States. In 1930 President Herbert Hoover appointed Hughes as chief justice of the Supreme Court. After Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic Party candidate, was elected as president in 1932, Hughes was seen as the leader of the court's opposition to some of the proposed New Deal legislation. This included the ruling against the National Recovery Administration, the Agricultural Adjustment Act and ten other New Deal laws. 3.) Andrew Mellon - A member of the Republican Party, Mellon served as secretary of the treasury under presidents, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. During his period in office, Mellon followed policies that involved cutting income tax rates and reducing public spending. He also brought an end to the excess profits tax. Mellon's policies created a great deal of controversy and he was accused of following policies that favoured the wealthy. The economic depression was partly blamed on Mellon's policies and contributed to the defeat of Herbert Hoover in 1932.