The title is a little confusing but basically means the 1920 election had 6 people that were or will be Presidents sort of vying for it. Woodrow Wilson was President and wanted to run again but after suffering a stroke and basically not functioning as a full time President the people around him kept him from running again. In the lead up to the 1920 election Teddy Roosevelt was wanting to run again as a Republican but he died before he had that chance. In the Republican primary and convention there were several candidates and in the 2nd grouping was Warren Harding--because the top group call cancelled each other out, Harding became the best of the 2nd group and got the nomination and the Presidency. In the further behind candidates were Calvin Coolidge who became Vice President and then President after Harding passed, and also Herbert Hoover who would serve in their administrations and then succeed Coolidge after he completed his full term. Then on the Democrat side the VP candidate in the 1920 election was Franklin D Roosevelt who would come back and gain election after Hoover.
An interesting read and an interesting time. It was a good reminder that even through going through crazy stuff now in politics, there has been other times with craziness and our country & democracy has endured. Trump and his supporters might be a little higher up on the craziness scale but maybe not after reading this. The WWI was ending and the fight about the League of Nations going on. Prohibition and Women's Suffrage were happening. A strong Socialist Party was in place, not so much communist at this point, along with very strong racists people and laws. Throw in some girlfriends on the side and you can see this was a little crazy. Biden does sort of remind me of a Harding in that they seem like normal good guys at least to the electorate.
I am keeping this book for now and likely passing out among friends that I think will enjoy.
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