Harding in the top ten? The best thing about Harding is that he died and Coolidge was sworn in.
Harding significantly downsized the federal government, something even Reagan was unable to do. He was also an effective depression-fighter, leading the country out of the 1920 depression.
Au contraire. Harding was an excellent President. He resolved the Wilson Depression in rapid order, cut taxes and was the last President to actually cut the size of government. He was predictably hated by leftist academia and the media. Coolidge merely carried on Harding’s policies.
Coolidge had a big black mark with his sole appointment to SCOTUS with left-wing Harlan Fiske Stone. Stone was so well-regarded by the left and FDR that the latter made him Chief Justice.