1. Presidents Converge During Critical Election Year - DAVID-PIETRUSZA-1920

CAPTION TAFT, HARDING, ROBERT LINCOLNPresidents Converge During Critical Election YearDavid Pietrusza, author of 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents, Part One: Woodrow Wilson suffers a debilitating stroke in October 1919, leaving him incapacitated while his wife and physician obscure his true condition. Wilson remains obsessed with passing the League of Nations, which becomes the defining battleground of the 1920 presidential election. Former President Theodore Roosevelt, a fierce critic of Wilson's foreign policy neutrality, passes away in January 1919. Meanwhile, Senator Warren G. Harding emerges as an agreeable, moderate contender from Ohio. Prominent vice-presidential hopefuls emerge, including ambitious Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt and Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge. Additionally, humanitarian food administrator Herbert Hoover attracts interest from both major political parties. (1)