A new book argues yes. That high tide was 1924, the last year both major political parties nominated conservatives to run for president. Incumbent Republican Calvin Coolidge, elevated to the presidency the prior year when Warren Harding died in office, won a full term of his own by defeating Democrat ? and fellow conservative ? John W. Davis.
Raleigh’s Garland Tucker wrote The High Tide of American Conservatism, which receives positive reviews in the latest dead-tree National Review. John Derbyshire calls it an “enjoyable and informative book,” “a well-researched, well-structured narrative of classic conservative principles in action at the highest levels of politics.”
If the previous two paragraphs piqued your interest, stay tuned. Garland Tucker will discuss his book Oct. 11 with the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. He’ll also appear soon on Carolina Journal Radio.
