Harding And Coolige
The two former presidents Warren G. Harding and
Calvin Coolige were alike in
some ways and different in others. President
Harding was a news paper owner from
Ohio. He was chosen as the Rep. candidate
after serving as an Ohio senator.
Calvin Coolige was the Vice-president at
the time of Warren Harding's death.
Coolige fished the rest of Harding's term
and then was re-elected. President
Coolige followed Harding's policies
when finishing his term, but after
re-election he began to make some of his
own. Harding focused on trying to
settle the nation back into peace. He tried
to ensure this peace by making
treaties and disarmament acts. Harding also
tried to lower taxes, take care of
war veterans, protect farmers, and collect
wartime debts owed to the U.S..
However Harding was not prepared to face
the huge problems of the presidency. He
made the mistake of appointing some
of his Ohio friends to high ranking
positions. The men he appointed were
involved in many scandals and money
stealing. Calvin Coolige like Harding was
an admirer of American business. They
both believed that business should
mainly be left alone without government
interference. Coolige especially
believed business would be less profitable with
more regulation. He also
believed, unlike Harding, that nothing could be done to
help the U.S.
farmers. Coolige vetoed many bills designed to help farmers, like
the
McNary-Haugen bill, by saying "Farmers have never made much money and I
don't
believe we can do much about it" . These two presidents were also
very
different when it came to their personalities. Harding was laid back
and
likable, always playing cards with his friends and smoking cigars.
Coolige, on
the other hand, was very quite plain and thrifty. He said very
little, earning
him the nickname "Silent Cal." These two presidents were
more
different than alike. They shared only a few views and had very
different
personalities.