[mick]

Calvin Coolidge was the last limited government, fiscal conservative before Reagan IMHO. Remember, it was Harding and Coolidge that dealt with the market collapse in the early 20’s by letting the market right itself....unlike Wonder Boy Hoover ( Coolidge's nickname )who introduced New Deal type Federal intervention that turned slow down adjustment into the Great Depression....but I digress !

[WilliamReading]

Actually, the Democrat who ran against Coolidge was much more of a conservative. I can’t remember his name now, but he was against racial integration and was for low taxes as well.

Harding was definitely more liberal than Cox, who was also a bit of a reactionary. Hoover was part of the progressive, liberal wing of the GOP. FDR ran to Hoover’s right in 1932, and didn’t become full blown liberal until 1936.