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William L. Harding
William Lloyd Harding (October 3, 1877 – December 17, 1934) was an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Iowa, from 1917 to 1921.
William Lloyd Harding was born in Sibley, Iowa, on October 3, 1877, to Orlando B. and Emalyn (née Moyer) Harding, the fourth of nine children. They hailed from Pennsylvania. From 1897 to 1901, he attended Morningside College, and then went on to earn his law degree from the University of South Dakota in 1905.
He began the practicing law in Sioux City with the firm of Oliver, Harding & Oliver. He came to be a partner of James W. Kindig, later an Iowa Supreme Court justice.
He was married to Carrie Lamoreaux on January 9, 1907, and had a daughter named Barbara.
Harding entered politics in 1906, serving as a Republican member of the Iowa House of Representatives, a position he held for six years. He was a ranking member of the Judiciary Committee and the Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Corporations.
He also served as Iowa's lieutenant governor from 1913 to 1917 during the tenure of Republican governor George W. Clarke. Harding won the 1916 Republican gubernatorial nomination and then won the election in a landslide (winning 98 of 99 counties). He was sworn as governor on January 11, 1917 by Chief Justice Frank Gaynor.
Harding was reelected to a second term in 1918 and thus was governor during the four years which partly coincided with World War I. During that time, there were "defense councils" in every state, following President Wilson's famous statement "the world must be made safe for democracy", and "millions of men and women of German birth and native sympathy live amongst us....Should there be any disloyalty it will be dealt with a firm hand of repression."
Harding was convinced that assimilation would heighten patriotism and felt there is a connection between communication and assimilation. He also claimed that any foreign language provided an opportunity for the enemy to scatter propaganda. Harding became the only governor in the United States to outlaw the public use of all foreign languages. On May 23, 1918 he addressed these issues in an edict whose title was the Babel Proclamation, stating:
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William L. Harding
William Lloyd Harding (October 3, 1877 – December 17, 1934) was an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Iowa, from 1917 to 1921.
William Lloyd Harding was born in Sibley, Iowa, on October 3, 1877, to Orlando B. and Emalyn (née Moyer) Harding, the fourth of nine children. They hailed from Pennsylvania. From 1897 to 1901, he attended Morningside College, and then went on to earn his law degree from the University of South Dakota in 1905.
He began the practicing law in Sioux City with the firm of Oliver, Harding & Oliver. He came to be a partner of James W. Kindig, later an Iowa Supreme Court justice.
He was married to Carrie Lamoreaux on January 9, 1907, and had a daughter named Barbara.
Harding entered politics in 1906, serving as a Republican member of the Iowa House of Representatives, a position he held for six years. He was a ranking member of the Judiciary Committee and the Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Corporations.
He also served as Iowa's lieutenant governor from 1913 to 1917 during the tenure of Republican governor George W. Clarke. Harding won the 1916 Republican gubernatorial nomination and then won the election in a landslide (winning 98 of 99 counties). He was sworn as governor on January 11, 1917 by Chief Justice Frank Gaynor.
Harding was reelected to a second term in 1918 and thus was governor during the four years which partly coincided with World War I. During that time, there were "defense councils" in every state, following President Wilson's famous statement "the world must be made safe for democracy", and "millions of men and women of German birth and native sympathy live amongst us....Should there be any disloyalty it will be dealt with a firm hand of repression."
Harding was convinced that assimilation would heighten patriotism and felt there is a connection between communication and assimilation. He also claimed that any foreign language provided an opportunity for the enemy to scatter propaganda. Harding became the only governor in the United States to outlaw the public use of all foreign languages. On May 23, 1918 he addressed these issues in an edict whose title was the Babel Proclamation, stating:
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