History of the United States II / Unit 9 USH2 1239 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Harding's Death
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The idea
In July nineteen twenty-three Harding suffered a heart attack in Seattle, and on August second he died of a stroke in San Francisco.
In practice
Crowds mourning a president whose scandals had not yet fully surfaced.
Where people slip
Digital History also gives a stroke as the cause. Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president.
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