Who Made up the Word Normalcy?

Although detractors of the time tried to belittle the word "normalcy" as a neologism as well as a malapropism, saying that it was poorly coined by Harding (as opposed to the more accepted term normality), there was contemporaneous discussion and evidence that normalcy had been listed in dictionaries as far back as 1857 ...

Is normalcy a British word?

There is nothing wrong with “normalcy”, although the Oxford Dictionary calls it “North American”, and it is true the usual British English is “normality”.

Which president used the word normalcy?

While Harding was serving in the Senate, the Republican party nominated him as their presidential candidate for the election of 1920. Harding's campaign promised a return to "normalcy," rejecting the activism of Theodore Roosevelt and the idealism of Woodrow Wilson.