Good point. Harding for the first couple of years had a very vibrant economy too. I had forgotten about Coolidge’s poor choice of a justice.
Harding is hated by leftist historians because he proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that cutting taxes, spending AND the size of government (sadly a trifecta never done since) unleashed prosperity in short order. He was elected during a recession at the end of Wilson’s term and along with Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon (who should’ve ended up as President instead of Wilson Progressive Herbert Hoover) resolved the recession in about a year. FDR, of course, loathed Andrew Mellon, and proceeded to do everything in opposition to him in office, exacerbating the Depression and taking the nation 20-25 years to recover to 1920s levels.