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President Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States (1923–29)Created by: PICRYLDated: 2016
Coolidge in N.Y.
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th President of the United States (1923–29). He was elected as the 29th vice president in 1920 and succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923.
Born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872, Coolidge was the son of a village storekeeper. He was graduated from Amherst College with honors and started his political career as a councilman in Northampton, Massachusetts, and became Governor of Massachusetts, as a Republican.
Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small-government conservative, and also as a man who said very little, although having a rather dry sense of humor. Coolidge was a popular figure and restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration. He left office with considerable popularity amid the material prosperity which many Americans were enjoying during the 1920s era.
Coolidge was both the most negative and remote of Presidents, and the most accessible. He once explained to Bernard Baruch why he often sat silently through interviews: "Well, Baruch, many times I say only 'yes' or 'no' to people. Even that is too much. It winds them up for twenty minutes more."
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Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge & wife

Calvin Coolidge & wife

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

Mrs. Calvin Coolidge

Mrs. Calvin Coolidge

Cal. Coolidge with Dan McCuen (midgit)

Cal. Coolidge with Dan McCuen (midgit)

Calvin Coolidge & sons

Calvin Coolidge & sons

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge

President Calvin Coolidge

President Calvin Coolidge

Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times

Calvin Coolidge & wife

Calvin Coolidge & wife

Calvin Coolidge & wife

Calvin Coolidge & wife

Coolidge

Coolidge

Coolidge in N.Y.

Coolidge in N.Y.

Coolidge home, Northhampton

Coolidge home, Northhampton

Calvin Coolidge & sons

Calvin Coolidge & sons

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge with kitten

Calvin Coolidge with kitten

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge & family

Calvin Coolidge & family

President and Mrs. Coolidge enrolled in American Red Cross by Judge John Barton Payne. The twelfth annual roll call of the American Red Cross was officially opened in Washington today when President and Mrs. Coolidge were enrolled for their annual memberships by Judge John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross

President and Mrs. Coolidge enrolled in American Red Cross by Judge Jo...

[Calvin Coolidge and horse]

[Calvin Coolidge and horse]

COOLIDGE, CALVIN, JR.

COOLIDGE, CALVIN, JR.

COOLIDGE, CALVIN. WITH LITTLE CABINET

COOLIDGE, CALVIN. WITH LITTLE CABINET

[Osage Indians with Senator J.W. Harreld and Rep. S.J. Montgomery at the White House when they called upon President Coolidge]

[Osage Indians with Senator J.W. Harreld and Rep. S.J. Montgomery at t...

National Photo Company Collection.

Pres. Coolidge receiving a book containing oil paintings of scenes in Mackinac Island and a complete history of the island, on which he is being invited to spend the summer, from Mrs. W.W. Wittinghill of Detroit, as official representative of Gov. Green of Michigan

Pres. Coolidge receiving a book containing oil paintings of scenes in ...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Michigan; Shelf; PI; Presidential I.; Shelf.

Sen. Harding with Gov. Coolidge

Sen. Harding with Gov. Coolidge

[Warren G. Harding, Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge, and Calvin Coolidge, Washington, D.C.]

[Warren G. Harding, Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge, and Calvin Cooli...

SHADOW LAWN, NJ. SUMMER WHITE HOUSE. NOTIFICATION CEREMONIES. GROUP OF PORTICO: UNIDENT.; TUMULTY; HOMER S. CUMMINGS; VANCE McCORMICK OF PA; HENRY MORGANTHAU; GOV. FIELDER OF NJ.; SEN. MARCUS COOLIDGE OF MA.; UNIDENT.

SHADOW LAWN, NJ. SUMMER WHITE HOUSE. NOTIFICATION CEREMONIES. GROUP OF...

Mrs. Gov. Coolidge

Mrs. Gov. Coolidge

[A session in the House of Representatives, with Warren Harding speaking, and Calvin Coolidge and Frederick Gillett seated behind desk]

[A session in the House of Representatives, with Warren Harding speaki...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

[Calvin Coolidge, left. White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge, left. White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge, left. White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge, left. White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and group at Union Station, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and group at Union Station, Washington, D.C.]

[Grand Masters of Masons in Washington for a conference posed standing with President Coolidge, outside the White House]

[Grand Masters of Masons in Washington for a conference posed standing...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 2, p. 14, no. 42212.

Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

[Calvin Coolidge and group of women]

[Calvin Coolidge and group of women]

[Henry Cabot Lodge, Grace Coolidge, Calvin Coolidge, Thomas R. Marshall with group. Union Station, Washington, D.C.]

[Henry Cabot Lodge, Grace Coolidge, Calvin Coolidge, Thomas R. Marshal...

[Outdoor stand with Calvin Coolidge, Grace Coolidge, Florence Harding and Warren Harding]

[Outdoor stand with Calvin Coolidge, Grace Coolidge, Florence Harding ...

[Calvin Coolidge at] Funeral of Frances McKenna [...] wife of Supreme Court Justice [...]

[Calvin Coolidge at] Funeral of Frances McKenna [...] wife of Supreme ...

[Unidentified, Calvin Coolidge and Grace Coolidge]

[Unidentified, Calvin Coolidge and Grace Coolidge]

[Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge,with group and trophies; Golf tournament?]

[Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge,with group and trophies; Golf tournam...

[Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding her pet raccoon Rebecca]

[Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, h...

National Photo Company Collection.

The Centre College football team, of Kentucky, in Washington to play Georgetown University, called on President Coolidge, today, Nov. 14th. In the center of the group can be seen the President and Senator Ernst, of Kentucky

The Centre College football team, of Kentucky, in Washington to play G...

[Calvin Coolidge]

[Calvin Coolidge]

[Calvin Coolidge and unidentified at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and unidentified at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

[President and Mrs. Harding and Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge standing at Union Station, on their arrival for the inauguration]

[President and Mrs. Harding and Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge stand...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 2, no. 12443.

[Calvin Coolidge and group of clergymen]

[Calvin Coolidge and group of clergymen]

[Busts of Grace Coolidge and Calvin Coolidge]

[Busts of Grace Coolidge and Calvin Coolidge]

[President Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[President Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Group, including Andrew W. Mellon, James J. Davis, Albert Fall, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and William Harrison Hayes. White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Group, including Andrew W. Mellon, James J. Davis, Albert Fall, Calvi...

[Ceremony. Group includes Edwin Denby, Calvin Coolidge, William H. Taft, John W. Weeks, Charles Evans Hughes, Andrew W. Mellon, and others]

[Ceremony. Group includes Edwin Denby, Calvin Coolidge, William H. Taf...

[President Calvin Coolidge, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, with wife and son, on back of railroad train]

[President Calvin Coolidge, full-length portrait, standing, facing sli...

Copyright by National Photo Company.

[Calvin Coolidge, tree planting]

[Calvin Coolidge, tree planting]

[Ceremony. Group includes Edwin Denby, Calvin Coolidge, John W. Weeks, William H. Taft, Charles Evans Hughes, Andrew W. Mellon, and others]

[Ceremony. Group includes Edwin Denby, Calvin Coolidge, John W. Weeks,...

[Ceremony. Group includes Edwin Denby, Calvin Coolidge, John W. Weeks, and others]

[Ceremony. Group includes Edwin Denby, Calvin Coolidge, John W. Weeks,...

Group at the International Tree Planting, with women from 21 nations who are attending the Pan American Conference of Women, Baltimore, 1922 - in the center of the group are Mrs. Hughes, wife of the Secretary of State, Mrs. Coolidge and Vice President Coolidge

Group at the International Tree Planting, with women from 21 nations w...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., 1922, v. 4, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No... more

[President Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[President Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and military group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and military group outside White House, Washington, D...

[President and Mrs. Coolidge at Washington baseball game]

[President and Mrs. Coolidge at Washington baseball game]

[President and Mrs. Coolidge leaving the Capitol after the funeral of Warren G. Harding]

[President and Mrs. Coolidge leaving the Capitol after the funeral of ...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 11, no. 25565.

Calvin Coolidge laying the corner stone of the Geo. Wash. memorial, Alexandria, Va., Nov. 1, 1923

Calvin Coolidge laying the corner stone of the Geo. Wash. memorial, Al...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Calvin Coolidge, v. 1, p. 21, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No... more

[Calvin Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Secretary of War John Weeks, Pres. Calvin Coolidge, and Asst. Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Armistice Day]

[Secretary of War John Weeks, Pres. Calvin Coolidge, and Asst. Secreta...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 22, no. 27239.

[C. Bascom Slemp and Calvin Coolidge]

[C. Bascom Slemp and Calvin Coolidge]

[Calvin Coolidge and sons]

[Calvin Coolidge and sons]

[Calvin Coolidge and woman from Red Cross. White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and woman from Red Cross. White House, Washington, D....

[Calvin Coolidge and C. Bascom Slemp. White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and C. Bascom Slemp. White House, Washington, D.C.]

Notifying President Coolidge that the "Court" is now in session - Judges of Supreme Court calling at White house, Washington, D.C.

Notifying President Coolidge that the "Court" is now in session - Judg...

Nine men outside the White house, including William Howard Taft, Chief Justice. J266513 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 26292.

[Calvin Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

Swearing of C. Bascom Slemp as Sec[re]t[ar]y to Pres. Coolidge

Swearing of C. Bascom Slemp as Sec[re]t[ar]y to Pres. Coolidge

President Calvin Coolidge and C. Bascom Slemp hold a large document, as Slemp raises his right hand to swear the oath.

[President Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[President Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Group with Calvin Coolidge, Washington, D.C.]

[Group with Calvin Coolidge, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and John W. Weeks]

[Calvin Coolidge and John W. Weeks]

President Coolidge illuminating the community Christmas tree, which has been erected on the Monument Grounds, south of the White House

President Coolidge illuminating the community Christmas tree, which ha...

National Photo Company Collection. LC-F81-28053

[President Coolidge in automobile at D.A.R. Hall, where he attended a meeting of the American Red Cross]

[President Coolidge in automobile at D.A.R. Hall, where he attended a ...

Photo shows U.S. Secret Service agents William "Arnold" Landvoight (first person walkingt behind car) and Richard "Dick" Jervis (front seat of car). (Source: Secret Service archivist, 2012) National Photo Com... more

[Group; includes William H. Taft and Calvin Coolidge, center]

[Group; includes William H. Taft and Calvin Coolidge, center]

[President and Mrs. Coolidge and unidentified man riding in convertible automobile]

[President and Mrs. Coolidge and unidentified man riding in convertibl...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 20, no. 27088.

[Calvin Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and group]

[Calvin Coolidge and group]

President and Mrs. Coolidge attended the services at the First Congressional Church today

President and Mrs. Coolidge attended the services at the First Congres...

Photograph shows President Coolidge, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, and others arriving for services at the First Congressional Church. Title from item. In album: 2 July 1923 to 31 August 1923, v. 6, Herbert E. French... more

[President Coolidge standing with members of the National Motors Asociation on White House lawn]

[President Coolidge standing with members of the National Motors Asoci...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 23, no. 27449. LC-F81-27449 (glass plate neg.)

Billy Sunday with Mrs. Sunday photographed at the White House today where they called on President Coolidge

Billy Sunday with Mrs. Sunday photographed at the White House today wh...

Copyright National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection.

[Calvin Coolidge and family outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and family outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge, Edwin Denby, Patrick J. Hurley?, unidentified, and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.?]

[Calvin Coolidge, Edwin Denby, Patrick J. Hurley?, unidentified, and T...

[President Coolidge shaking hands with Walter Johnson at Griffith Stadium]

[President Coolidge shaking hands with Walter Johnson at Griffith Stad...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

[Calvin Coolidge]

[Calvin Coolidge]

[President Coolidge standing with members of the National Association of Hotel Owners, on the White House lawn]

[President Coolidge standing with members of the National Association ...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 23, no. 27448.

[Calvin Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge with group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge with group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Calvin Coolidge and group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Miss Janet Moffett signing up President Coolidge for the Red Cross drive]

[Miss Janet Moffett signing up President Coolidge for the Red Cross dr...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 22, no. 27246.

[President and Mrs. Coolidge with Vice President and Mrs. Dawes, standing, full-length, on North Portico of the White House]

[President and Mrs. Coolidge with Vice President and Mrs. Dawes, stand...

Photograph by National Photo Co.

[Group with Calvin Coolidge, Washington, D.C.]

[Group with Calvin Coolidge, Washington, D.C.]

[Group, Calvin Coolidge second from left]

[Group, Calvin Coolidge second from left]

[Calvin Coolidge]

[Calvin Coolidge]