1924: The Fascinating Forgotten Election
Sean Munger
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Go to https://ground.news/munger to stay fully informed and think critically about what’s happening around the world. Subscribe through my link to get 40% off the Vantage plan for unlimited access. 100 years ago, Republican Calvin Coolidge, who had only been on the job 15 months, sought election in his own right as President of the United States. He succeeded, but the story of the election, not often told in any detail in history books, is a fascinating and illuminating look at the tumultuous politics of America in the mid-1920s. Prohibition, racial discrimination, religion, farming, the power of corporations and the role of women in political life were all issues in the highly explosive mix. This video is a deep dive into the story of the 1924 election, what it means, and why it’s perhaps more important than you might think by the way it casually glides by when the history of the 1920s is told. Sources for this video include: Robert K. Murray, The 103rd Ballot (New York: Harper & Row, 1976); Amity Shlaes, Coolidge (New York: Harper, 2013); Robert Sobel, Coolidge: An American Enigma (Washington, DC: Regnery, 1998); William H. Harbaugh, Lawyer’s Lawyer: The Life of John W. Davis (New York: Oxford University Press, 1973); Bernard A. Weisberger, The La Follettes of Wisconsin (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994); Frederick Lewis Allen, Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s (New York: Perennial Classics Edition, 2000); New York Times archives; Newspapers.com. Special thanks to fellow history YouTuber Mr. Beat (@iammrbeat) who provided the voice of Calvin Coolidge. His channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/@iammrbeat My website: https://www.seanmunger.com My Ko-fi: https://Ko-fi.com/seanmunger My blog: https://gardenofmemory.net/ Chapters: 00:00-17:07: The Death of Harding 17:07-36:42: Progressivism & Normalcy’ 36:42-47:11: Calvin Coolidge 47:11-1:03:09: The Democrats 1:03:09-1:17:17: The Others 1:17:17-1:28:56: The Doomed Convention (Part I) 1:28:56-1:44:34: The Doomed Convention (Part II) 1:44:34-1:54:11: The Power and the Glory 1:54:11-2:05:47: The Campaign? 2:05:47-2:15:33: The Results 2:15:33-2:33:30: The Aftermath & Conclusion
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