Presidential Chronicles

Episode #283: Warren Harding #5: Return to Normalcy (1920-1921)


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Warren Harding #5: Return to Normalcy (1920-1921); Topics covered include: President-elect, vacation (Panama and Jamaica), selects Cabinet, Inaugural Address, changes tone in Washington, press conferences, Special Session of Congress, emergency tariff, immigration reform, tax reform, administration reform (established Budget Bureau), names William Taft new Chief Justice; and challenges with farmers, unemployment, race, and prohibition


Key people include: Florence Harding, Harry Daugherty, Charles Evans Hughes, Herbert Hoover, Andrew Mellon, Will Hays, Albert Fall, Woodrow Wilson, Laddie Boy, Charles Dawes, Edward White, and William Taft


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Presidential ChroniclesBy David Fisher