--- description: Harry Micajah Daugherty, President Harding's Attorney-General, the man who, as boss of the Ohio Gang, was second only to Albert Bacon Fall in bringing disrepute to the Harding Administration,... title: National Affairs: Mr. Daugherty image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) # National Affairs: Mr. Daugherty by [TIME](/author/time/) Sep 10, 1928 4:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Sep 10, 1928 4:00 AM CUT Harry Micajah Daugherty, President Harding’s Attorney-General, the man who, as boss of the Ohio Gang, was second only to Albert Bacon Fall in bringing disrepute to the Harding Administration, stepped off a boat from Europe last week. Interviewed by newsgatherers, he said: “I’ve done my share for the Republican Party. I’m through with politics and won’t take part in this campaign.” National Affairs: Mr. Daugherty ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6861057/national-affairs-mr-daugherty/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6861057/national-affairs-mr-daugherty/"},"headline":"National Affairs: Mr. Daugherty","datePublished":"1928-09-10T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-13T17:39:53.883Z","description":"Harry Micajah Daugherty, President Harding's Attorney-General, the man who, as boss of the Ohio Gang, was second only to Albert Bacon Fall in bringing disrepute to the Harding Administration,...","url":"https://time.com/archive/6861057/national-affairs-mr-daugherty/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6861057/national-affairs-mr-daugherty/","name":"National Affairs: Mr. Daugherty"}}]}] ```