Join us for a panel discussion of mourning, death and transition of power when Presidents have died in office. Register for this program to receive the Zoom link.   

President Warren G. Harding died from a heart attack while visiting San Francisco, nearly 100 years ago on August 2, 1923. Calvin Coolidge was sworn in during an unprecedented ceremony, lit by a kerosene lamp at 2:47 AM at his father's home in Vermont. As the Teapot Dome scandal was percolating, how did Coolidge navigate such a challenging transition? How did others fare upon suddenly stepping into the presidency while a nation grieved?  Learn about the historic transition of power of Coolidge and others as we approach the centennial of Coolidge's Presidency.

Moderated by Bill Scher, Vice President of the Coolidge Standing Committee of the Forbes Library Board of Trustees

Panelists:

Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky (https://www.lindsaychervinsky.com/), a fellow at the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University. She co-edited the book "Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture" which comes out later this month.

Prof. Michael J. Gerhardt (https://law.unc.edu/people/michael-j-gerhardt/), Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at The University of North Carolina School of Law, and the author of "The Forgotten Presidents: Their Untold Constitutional Legacy"

Nathan Masters (https://www.nathanmasters.me/) is the host and executive producer of "Lost LA" on California's public TV station KCET, and the author of the upcoming book "Crooked: The Roaring '20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal"