[SeekAndFind]

A posting I did on Warren Harding covered some of this

I hasten to mention that Warren Harding's administration was one of the most corrupt in the history of this Republic. Which goes to show that even a corrupt administration need not do damage to the nation as long as it enacts the right policies.

[SMCC1]

Very true. But because of the Harding corruption, I’d have to rank Coolidge ahead of Harding...pretty much continued the Harding policies but without the corruption.

[El Gato]

I hasten to mention that Warren Harding's administration was one of the most corrupt in the history of this Republic

Hardly, but that is the Textbook Answer. As the article points out, Harding's corruption was as nothing compared to that of several of the last few Presidents.