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1924: Coolidge, Davis, and the High Tide of American Conservatism by Garland S. Tucker III Christmas Corner His childhood was bounded byIn the 1924 presidential election, the two major parties did something that would be unthinkable today: They both nominated staunch conservative candidates. Leading the Republican ticket was Calvin Coolidge, who had ascended to the presidency a year earlier, on the death of Warren Harding. The Democrats chose John W. Davis as their standard bearer. Little remembered today, Davis was a brilliant lawyer who had served as congressman, solicitor general