In 1924 the Republican Party nominated Calvin Coolidge for a full term. His campaign slogan was “Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge.” Coolidge, October 1924 Coolidge with radio equipment used in the campaign, 1924. Coolidge was elected easily. He was inaugurated…
Early in their marriage, Calvin and Grace Coolidge welcomed their first son, John, on September 7, 1906. A second son, Calvin Jr., was born on April 13, 1908. Calvin Jr. was a happy boy with a fun sense of humor.…
Like all new presidents and first ladies, the Coolidges experienced many firsts in the early months of his presidency. On September 5, 1923, the president made his first address as president when he spoke to members of the National Association…
Yesterday I told you the story of Calvin Coolidge taking the oath of office from his own father in his father’s parlor in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. Yesterday afternoon I found the first statement that Coolidge made about President Warren G.…
In June 1923, two years after Calvin Coolidge became vice president of the United States, President Warren G. Harding began what he called a Voyage of Understanding across the country. He traveled all the way to Alaska and Canada, and…
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was born on the 4th of July in 1872 in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. His ancestors had arrived in this picturesque area of the Green Mountains almost a century before. He was the firstborn child of John…
