Modern Advertising Techniques to Politics

Albert Lasker

In 1918, after leaving management of the Lord & Thomas agency in the hands of Claude C. Hopkins, he worked for the presidential campaign of Warren G. Harding. He supervised publicity and speech-writing for Warren G. Harding's presidential campaign. He led the winning campaign for Harding's successful 1920 presidential race. In the process, he introduced "modern" advertising techniques to politics. Consequently, he was the first advertising man to be used by a president, and also among the first to bring modern advertising techniques to politics.