Warren G. Harding

Harding and his wife Florence on the front porch of the Harding house in Marion, Ohio, from which Harding conducted his campaign for the presidency (Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Sick president. Global pandemic. Racial injustice. Welcome to the U.S. election… of 1920.

‘America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not revolution, but restoration’ said Warren Harding. The parallels to today’s campaign are remarkable.