Calvin Coolidge #5: Rise to National Prominence (1919-1923); Topics covered include: Re-elected as Governor (MA), election of 1920, Republican National Convention, nomination of Warren Harding for President and Coolidge for Vice President, Coolidge formally accepts the nomination, fall campaign, election of Harding and Coolidge, and role as Vice President

Key people include: Frank Stearns, Bruce Barton, Leonard Wood, Frank Lowden, Hiram Johnson, Fred Gillett, Warren Harding, Wallace McCamant, Chauncey Depew, Grace Coolidge, James Cox, Franklin Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Thomas Marshall

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Calvin Coolidge #4: The Boston Police Strike (1919); Topics covered include: Russian Revolution, General Strike in Seattle (WA), Boston Police joins the American Federation of Labor, Police Commissioner Edwin Curtis pushes back against unionization, Storrow Committee, interactions with Mayor Peters and Commissioner Curtis, Curtis terminates union leaders, three-quarters of police force go on strike, looting in Boston, Coolidge confirms support for Commissioner Curtis, Coolidge calls out State Guard, all striking police officers are terminated, pleas from AFL President Samuel Gompers, Governor Coolidge provides firm stand against police officers "striking against the public safety," end of strike, and the implications of the strike for Coolidge

Key people include: Ole Hansen, Edwin Curtis, Andrew Peters, James Storrow, and Samuel Gompers

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Calvin Coolidge #3: State Leadership (1913-1919); Topics covered include: Elected President of the State Senate (MA), relationship with Frank Stearns, World War I, elected Lieutenant Governor (MA), U.S. entry into World War I, elected Governor (MA), armistice, welcomes soldiers back to Boston, welcomes President Woodrow Wilson to Boston, and his initial actions as Governor

Key people include: Levi Greenwood, Murray Crane, Charles Garman, Grace Coolidge, Frank Stearns, Samuel McCall, Woodrow Wilson, Charles Hughes, and Richard Long

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Calvin Coolidge #2: Law and Politics (1895-1913); Topics covered include: Pursues legal career in Northampton (MA), passes the Bar, establishes own law firm, meets and marries Grace Goodhue, birth of children (John and Calvin, Jr.), Murray Crane becomes political mentor, political positions: Republican City Committee, City Council, City Solicitor, Clerk of the Courts, state House of Representatives, Mayor of Northampton, and state Senate

Key people include: John Coolidge (father), John Hammond, Henry Field, William Clapp, Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge, Lemira Goodhue, John Coolidge (son), Murray Crane, Harry Bicknell, and Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

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Calvin Coolidge #1: From Plymouth to Amherst (1871-1895); Topics covered include: Early arrivals of Coolidges in North America, parents, youth on the farm in Plymouth Notch (VT), death of mother, education, death of sister, attends college at Amherst, father remarries, course taught by Anson Morse and Charles Garman, graduates from Amherst, and perspectives by people who knew Coolidge throughout this period of years

Key people include: John Coolidge, Victoria (Moor) Coolidge, Abigail ("Abbie") Coolidge, George Sherman, Carrie (Brown) Coolidge, Anson Morse, and Charles Garman

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Warren Harding #10: Mistresses (1905-1923); Topics covered include: Relationship with Florence Harding, affair with Carrie Phillips (including extensive correspondence), conflicts with Carrie over Germany and World War I, election of 1920, end of affair with Carrie, affair with Nan Britton, birth of Elizabeth Ann, liaisons with Nan in the White House, death of Harding, Nan's attempts to get money for Elizabeth Ann from the Harding family, the family cuts off Nan, Nan writes The President's Daughter, the aftermath from the book, DNA testing confirms Harding's paternity of Elizabeth Ann, and perspective

Key people include: Florence Harding, Carrie Phillips, Jim Phillips, Nan Britton, Daisy Harding, Elizabeth Ann Willits, Elizabeth Willits, Scott Willits, Ike Hoover, Edmund Starling, Carrie Votaw, Heber Votaw, Dr. George ("Deac") Harding, Henry Blaesing, James Blaesing, Dr. Peter Harding, Abigail Harding, and Harry Daugherty

Correction: At 12:02, reference should be "1917," not "1919."

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Warren Harding #9: Teapot Dome (1921-1931); Topics covered include: Prior scandals with Charles Forbes and Jess Smith, background on oil reserves at Teapot Dome (WY) and Elk Hills (CA), congressional investigations (after Harding's death), cash payments to Interior Secretary Albert Fall, wild (including false and questionable) claims by Gaston Means and Roxie Stinson, multiple court cases, eventual conviction of Fall, investigation into Attorney General Harry Daugherty including indictment and hung juries (2), compare scandals with Ulysses Grant administration, and final perspective on the Teapot Dome scandal (what is was and what is was not)

Key people include: Charles Forbes, Jess Smith, Edwin Denby, Albert Fall, Harry Sinclair, Edward Doheny, Thomas Walsh, John Kendrick, Burton Wheeler, Ned McLean, Evalyn McLean, Gaston Means, Roxie Stinson, William Burns, Mae Thacker, Edmund Starling, Harry Daugherty, William Borah, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover

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Warren Harding #8: Alaska and Untimely Death (1923); Topics covered include: Harding "cronies" at the "Little Green House," Jess Smith suicide, trip to Alaska, advocates for joining World Court, multiple stops in Alaska, becomes ill upon return to continental U.S., travels to San Francisco for rest (Palace Hotel), dies, Calvin Coolidge becomes President, national mourning, services in Washington, D.C. and Marion, and burial at Marion Cemetery

Key people include: Florence Harding, Harry Daugherty, Charles Forbes, Jess Smith, Herbert Hoover, Louis Brush, Roy Moore, Charles Sawyer, Scott Bone, Joel Boone, Charles Cooper, Ray Wilbur, and George (Tyron) Harding

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Warren Harding #7: Second Year Challenges (1922); Topics covered include: Fordney-McCumber Tariff, Ship Subsidy Bill (doesn't pass), Agriculture Conference, labor strife (textile workers, coal miners, and railroad shopmen), results of strikes including injunction against striking railroad workers, advocates end to 12-hour workday in steel industry, scandal in Veterans Bureau (Charles Forbes), Florence Harding illness, and midterm election results

Key people include: Florence Harding, Albert Lasker, Henry Wallace, Harry Daugherty, James Wilkerson, Al Capone, Herbert Hoover, Charles Evans Hughes, Albert Fall, Oscar Keller, Elbert Gary, Charles Forbes, Charles Sawyer, and William Allen White

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Warren Harding #6: Disarmament (1921-1922); Topics covered include: Technical end to World War I, calls Disarmament Conference, bold proposals by U.S., treaties established, Harding selects bipartisan delegation that helps with ratification in the Senate (compares to failures of treaty ratification by the Wilson administration), praise for Harding, commutation for Eugene Debs and release of other prisoners, and veto of Bonus Bill

Key people include: William Borah, Charles Evans Hughes, Woodrow Wilson, Charles Evans Hughes, Aristide Briand, Henry Cabot Lodge, Elihu Root, Oscar Underwood, Mark Sullivan, Harry Daugherty, and Eugene Debs

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