The Harding Myth Part II

After Warren Harding’s death, three books created the caricature of Harding as an amiable dunce and a lecherous adulterer. For decades historians had thought that Harding’s wife had destroyed all of his presidential papers and they ran with the false narrative created in these books. I outlined much of the Harding myth in Part I, and I…

Warren Harding 1921-1923

This is an entry in my Presidential Rankings series. To see the most up to date full rankings, and where each president ranks follow the link here: Presidential Rankings Warren Harding is generally ranked near the bottom of presidential polls, but these rankings aren’t based on reality, but on a façade perpetrated by Harding’s political enemies….

The Harding Myth

The caricature of Warren Harding is one of an amiable dunce that was in way over his head. He was accused of allowing his friends to steal freely from the country as he had illicit affairs and conducted booze-soaked poker parties. Harding was long considered the worst president in American history. Even rated worse than the utter…

Warren Harding

This is an entry in my Presidential Rankings series. To see the most up to date full rankings, and where each president ranks follow the link here: Presidential Rankings Warren Harding is generally ranked near the bottom of presidential polls, but these rankings aren’t based on reality, but on a façade perpetrated by Harding’s political enemies….

The Harding Myth Part II

After Warren Harding’s death, three books created the caricature of Harding as an amiable dunce and a lecherous adulterer. For decades historians had thought that Harding’s wife had destroyed all of his presidential papers and they ran with the false narrative created in these books. I outlined much of the Harding myth in Part I,…

The Harding Myth

The caricature of Warren Harding is one of an amiable dunce that was in way over his head. He was accused of allowing his friends to steal freely from the country as he had elicit affairs and conducted booze soaked poker parties. Harding was long considered the worst president in American history. Even rated worse…

10 Warren Harding

This is a post in My Presidential Rankings series, linked here: Presidential Rankings Warren Harding is generally ranked near the bottom of presidential polls, but these rankings aren’t based on reality, but on a façade perpetrated by Harding’s political enemies. The real Harding was a very capable president that faced the issues of the day admirably….

10 Warren Harding

This is a post in My Presidential Rankings series, linked here: Presidential Rankings Warren Harding is generally ranked near the bottom of presidential polls, but these rankings aren’t based on reality, but on a façade perpetrated by Harding’s political enemies. The real Harding was a very capable president that faced the issues of the day admirably….