American Decades

Speech

By: Warren G. Harding

Date: May 14, 1920

Source: Harding, Warren G. "Warren G. Harding Calls for a "Return to Normalcy," Boston, Mass., May 14, 1920. Available online at http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/timeline/w_harding_s.html; website home page: http://www.pbs.org (accessed January 28, 2003).

About the Author: Historians consider Warren Harding (1865–1923), the twenty-ninth president of the United States, as among the nation's worst presidents, largely because his administration was the most corrupt in American history. Born near Marion, Ohio, he began his career as a newspaper publisher. He was elected to the Ohio Senate, served as the state's lieutenant governor, and ran unsuccessfully for Ohio governor. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914 and served as...