... its own money. Once in office, Harding appointed his cabinet members. Some of them included Charles Evans Hughes as secretary of state, Andrew Mellon as secretary of the treasury, and Herbert Hoover as secretary of commerce. But he also surrounded himself with dishonest cheats, who came to be known as "the Ohio gang." The "Ohio gang" were the president's rowdy, poker ... ...

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