American President
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
Facts at a Glance
- Term
- 30th President of the United States (1923–1929)
- Born
- July 4, 1872, Plymouth Notch, Vermont
- Full Name
- John Calvin Coolidge
- Nickname
- “Silent Cal”
- Education
- Amherst College (graduated 1895)
- Religion
- Congregationalist
- Marriage
- October 4, 1905, to Grace Anna Goodhue (1879–1957)
- Children
- John (1906–2000), Calvin (1908–1924)
- Career
- Lawyer
- Political Party
- Republican
- Writings
- The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge (1929)
- Died
- January 5, 1933, Northampton, Massachusetts
- Buried
- Plymouth Notch, Vermont
- A Life in Brief
- A quiet and somber man whose sour expression masked a dry wit, Calvin Coolidge was known as “Silent Cal.” After learning of his ascendancy to President on the death of Warren Harding in 1923, Coolidge was sworn in by his father, a justice of the peace, and promptly went back to bed. More »
- Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity.
- March 4, 1925
Essays on Calvin Coolidge and His Administration
- Calvin Coolidge
- A Life in Brief
- Life Before the Presidency
- Campaigns and Elections
- Domestic Affairs
- Foreign Affairs
- Life After the Presidency
- Family Life
- Impact and Legacy
- Key Events
- First Lady
- Grace Coolidge
- Vice President
- Charles G. Dawes
- Secretary of State
- Charles E. Hughes (1923–1925)
- Frank B. Kellogg (1925–1929)
- Secretary of War
- John W. Weeks (1921–1923)
- Dwight F. Davis (1925–1929)
- Postmaster General
- Harry S. New (1923–1923)
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Henry C. Wallace (1921–1923)
- Howard M. Gore (1924–1925)
- William M. Jardine (1925–1929)
- Secretary of Labor
- James J. Davis (1921–1923)
- Secretary of the Treasury
- Andrew W. Mellon (1923–1929)
- Attorney General
- Harry M. Daugherty (1921–1923)
- Harlan F. Stone (1924–1925)
- John G. Sargent (1925–1929)
- Secretary of the Interior
- Hubert Work (1922–1923)
- Roy O. West (1929–1929)
- Secretary of Commerce
- Herbert C. Hoover (1923–1928)
- William F. Whiting (1928–1929)
- Secretary of the Navy
- Edwin Denby (1923–1924)
- Curtis D. Wilbur (1924–1929)
Consulting Editor: David Greenberg
Professor Greenberg is a professor of history and of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University. His publications include:
Calvin Coolidge (Henry Holt and Company, 2006)
Presidential Doodles (Basic Books, 2006)
Nixon’s Shadow: The History of an Image (W.W. Norton, 2003)
Presidential Speeches
Below are selections from the Miller Center’s Calvin Coolidge speech collection.
Scholarship and Speakers
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Listen to Chen Aldrich’s 1992 presentation at the Miller Center on Presidential Grieving: The Care of Calvin
Coolidge.
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Scripps Library Reference Resources
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Information on Calvin Coolidge’s Private and Public Papers
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