Tag: Warren Harding

Warren G. Harding: Is One of Our Worst Presidents Really One of Our Best?

What does it take to be considered a successful president? According to the historians who vote in the most well-known presidential rankings list, C-SPAN’s Presidential Historians Survey, it seems to be a mixed bag. Indeed, the rankings seem to have less to do with what a president did or didn’t do during their time, and…


The 2 Presidents Whose Economic Policies Are Most Misunderstood by Historians

One is viewed as among America’s greatest presidents; the other perhaps the worst of all. One is hailed as a savior; the other as a failure. One is given memorials to enshrine his name for all time; the other is pushed into the sea of forgetfulness. Driven by academia, this is where American history has…


Warren Harding’s Historic Speech on Race: How Black and White Americans Responded

No matter which major party won America’s presidential election in 1920, the country was destined for another chief executive from Ohio. Both major party candidates, Republican Warren Harding and Democrat James Cox, hailed from the Buckeye State. The likable Harding emerged as a landslide victor, died in office two and a half years later, and…