Nan Briton was an American lady who came into the limelight for having an affair with Warren G Harding, the 29th President of the United States. Nan claimed after Harding’s death that her daughter Elizabeth was Harding’s daughter, but many would not believe her.
According to Nan Britton, Harding made a promise to support her and their daughter. Unfortunately, after Harding died, his wife Florence refused to honor the obligation. As a result of money difficulties, Nan wrote a book, The President’s Daughter, which talked of the affair she had with President Harding throughout the presidency.
Nan revealed that she wrote the book so that she would earn money to raise her daughter and drive some efforts to champion the rights of illegitimate children.
Biography
Nan Britton was born on November 9, 1896, in Marion Ohio. Nan’s father was a physician, and he played a role in informing Harding of the deadly obsession that his daughter had for him. Nan was in high school when she had a crush on Harding, who was also living in Marion, Ohio.
After Nan’s father talked to Harding about her obsession with him, he met her and told her that someday she would be the man of his dreams because he was already in marriage with Florence, whom Harding married in 1891.
Nan Britton graduated from high school in 1914 and she moved to New York City to begin a career as a secretary. Nan claims that it is during this time that she began an intimate relationship with Harding.
Controversial Relationship with Warren G Harding
Nan Britton had an affair with the 29th President of the United States. Nan claims that she began the affair around 1915 when she moved to New York City to pursue a career as a secretary. Her affair with the president was kept a secret until he died suddenly.
According to Nan, Harding had promised her to support their daughter. But after Harding died suddenly in 1923, his wife Florence failed to honor the promise. As a result, she chose to write a book, The President’s Daughter, which was published in 1927.
Nan’s daughter Elizabeth Ann was born in 1919, but she was never recognized as the president’s daughter. She brought a lawsuit to the courts, but because she would not provide concrete evidence, she lost the case.
Harding was also known to have a long and passionate relationship with Carrie Fulton Philips, the wife of James Philips. Numerous letters Harding had written to Carrie were found and they gave a clue to what Britton had claimed earlier.
Britton’s Family
Britton lived a quiet life after she lost the case of fighting for her daughter’s rights. She and her family would be hounded by hateful skeptics, which forced her to live quietly, even refusing to give interviews.
Britton moved to Oregon in the 1980s, alongside her three grandchildren and lived there. Nan died in 1991 in Sandy, Oregon, where she had spent the last years of her life. In 2015, 24 years after Britton’s death and 10 years after Elizabeth’s death, a DNA test confirmed that Britton’s grandchildren and Harding’s brother were related.
