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Harry M. Daugherty was born in Washington Court House, Ohio, part of the Midwestern United States. Daugherty's father, John H. Daugherty, was the Pennsylvania-born son of Scotch-Irish immigrants and worked as a farmer and tailor. His mother, Jane Draper Daugherty, was from a prominent Ohio family with Virginia roots dating back to the time of the American Revolution.
He received his law degree in 1881 from the University of Michigan.
After graduation he returned to his hometown and started a legal practice. He quickly gained a reputation for blending law and politics, aiding his clients through the adroit use of political connections.
Daugherty’s own career in elective politics was brief. He served first as township clerk and then for two terms in the Ohio legislature (1890–94). In 1893 he moved his law practice to Columbus, became wealthy representing large corporations, and found—after failing in bids for state attorney general (1895) and governor (1897)—that his abilities were better suited to managing other people’s campaigns.
Daugherty became involved in Harding's campaigns, which included an unsuccessful run for governor in 1910.
Daugherty managed Harding's successful campaign for the U. S. Senate in 1914.
At the 1920 Republican Convention, a standoff developed between supporters of the presidential candidacies of former Army Chief of Staff General Leonard Wood and Illinois Governor Frank O. Lowden.
In return for his help and support, Harding appointed Daugherty U. S. attorney general in 1921.
U. S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft, faced with a backlog of cases in the federal courts and efforts by some congressmen to end lifetime tenure for federal judges, had sought judicial reform by proposing the creation of a conference of judges to assess lower court needs.
He also suggested the appointment of at-large judges who could be assigned as needed to various courts.
Harding's sudden death in August 1923 and the succession of Calvin Coolidge as president happened just as the public was beginning to become aware of the machinations of those the press dubbed the "Ohio Gang. "
Daugherty was acquitted of charges that he was directly involved in the most famous of these scandals, the teapot dome scandal, where the secretary of the interior was accused of arranging for the private development of federally-owned oil fields in return for a bribe of $100, 000.
An investigation led by Democratic Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana resulted in Daugherty's resignation in March 1924.
In 1927, Daugherty was tried twice on charges of engaging in graft and fraud while serving as attorney general.
Both cases ended in a hung jury.
Daugherty spent the rest of his life practicing law in Ohio and attempting to rehabilitate both his own reputation and that of Harding.
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Ohio House of Representatives
In 1884 Daugherty married Lucille Walker of Wellston.
