Calvin Coolidge

Grace Coolidge, wife of President Calvin Coolidge, died of massive heart failure. Her date of death was July 8, 1957 in Northampton, MA.

Coolidge was the incumbent due to his party's winning by a large majority in 1920. He was honest and was not a part of the scandals that occurred with Harding's cabinet . The economy was booming . Therefore, most people saw no reason to go back to a Democratic administration.

Some websites have reported that Calvin Coolidge slept 10-11 hours a day. But actually, he got a "normal" 7-8 hours of sleep a night, and then took a nap at some point during his day, often after lunch.

Coolidge was in favor of small, honest and efficient government. He believed that the federal government should limit itself to those duties and powers given in the US Constitution. He believed the government should not interfere with or bail out big business any more than necessary to preserve competition. He went along with the prevailing idea that the US should not try to police the world nor send troops to foreign countries in peace time.

As budget dollars decreased, he reduced the federal budget more and more. He was providing less and less to America. His cabinet, which is altogether just a bad cabinet, reduced taxes on rich by 75%, repealed gift tax, and cut estate taxes by 50%. He then gave more money to wealthy to by more stock at 10% more of its orginial value. Thus, hastening the coming of the great depression, and expanding the collapse when money was needed.

When Calvin Jr, Calvin Coolidge's son, died, he was 16 years old.

Yes he did. Coolidge came from a wealthy and respected Protestant family; his ancestors had been here since America's earliest days. It was therefore expected that he would get a strong education and bring credit to his family name. He attended a private school in Vermont called Black River Academy, and then graduated from Amherst College, a private liberal arts college in Massachusetts.

He was cool enough to meet my coolness standards. He kept two pet raccoons in the White House and would walk around the grounds with one of them on his head.

No, he was not. After winning re-election by a wide margin in 1924, he decided not to run for another term in 1928 and retired to his home of Northampton MA. He helped some local Republican candidates with their campaigns, but mostly spent time with his family and did some writing. He died unexpectedly in early January 1933, of heart failure. According to the newspapers, it was his wife who found him, lying on the floor dead.

Major Domestic Policy: There were no major domestic events worth noting during Coolidge's presidency. The public was getting over government corruption after scandals such as the Teapot Dome scandal and the Elk Hills scandal.
❂ Immigration Act: Excluding Asian immigrants, this act limited the number of immigrants that could come into the country to 2% of the amount of immigrants already living in the United States.
❂ National origins act is created

Major Foreign Policy: Coolidge wanted to continue the idea of neutrality. The only major foreign event during his presidency was a conflict with Mexico over oil. The new Mexican government stated that they owned all of the oil wells. This caused concern for the $300 million that the United States had invested would be nationalized. The United States raised the number of troops at the border, but the Mexican Supreme Court quickly made a decision that all the oil wells previously owned by the United States would still be under U.S. control. The United States also participated in conferences aimed at preventing war. The Kellogg-Briand Peace Treaty was created stating that war was no longer the way to settle disputes. However there was no one to act as the enforcer of this act, so it was not followed.

Major Supreme Court Cases:
❂ Adkins vs. Children's Hospital (1922): The Supreme Court ruled that upholding a law enacted by Congress that guaranteed minimum wage to women and children working in the District of Columbia would hazardously raise police power and therefore found the law unconstitutional.
❂ Gitlow vs. New York (1923): The Supreme Court decided that even under the 14th amendment, the defendant could be charged for advertising a violent overthrow of the government through Communist pamphlets.

Intellectual and Social Developments:
❂ Prohibition continues
❂ Booming prosperity dwindles down
❂ Continuous rise in Mexican American immigrants
❂ Continuous rise in Flappers and other elements of consumer culture
❂ Scopes Trial raises questions of teaching the evolution theory
❂ Jazz becomes most popular style of music
❂ A Passage to India by E. M. Forster is published
❂ Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes first woman governor
❂ Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne is published
❂ Charles A. Lindbergh flies the first solo transatlantic flight

Coolidge's Legacy: While Coolidge was in office, he had a way with the public and he had a high approval rating. After he left office and the Great Depression began, his reputation was tarnished. Most of his policies favored the rich but ignored the middle class and farmers. He focused mostly of the short-term effects of his policies and not the long-term effects. Although many criticized him, Coolidge still had an effective political style and did produce some prosperity and peace.

In "The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge" (1929) on page 14 Coolidge describes his grandfather, Calvin Galusha Coolidge. "His mother and her family showed a marked trace of Indian blood. I never saw her but he took me one time to see her sister, his very aged aunt, whom we found sitting in the chimney corner smoking a clay pipe." Calvin Coolidge's father and the president's eldest son "look" to be Native American. Jim Cooke www,crankyyankees.net

Their basic philosophy was that government should not meddle with business any more than was necessary to prevent monopolies and unfair restraint of trade.

I think you mean Warren Harding -- certainly not Calvin Coolidge.

Coolidge was honest and was a effective administrator as governor. He attracted attention for his work in the national Republican party and so was nominated for vice-president. When he became president, he cleaned up the corruption left by Harding, times were good and Coolidge was charming in a quiet, unobtrusive way.

President Coolidge was known for being taciturn (means "reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little"). He was reserved and had a quiet nature. He spoke very rarely and chose his words very carefully whenever he spoke.

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He did have a cane, but he didn't really need it.

He just brought it with him, but i'm not sure why

His sister Abigail died from was probably appendicitis at age 15.

In 1928 he said he would not be seeking a second full term of presidency, and seemingly retired from the position in 1929, (reluctantly) choosing Herbert Hoover to be his successor, running for the Republicans in the 1928 elections.

Calvin Coolidge is noted for this quote. Washington, Polk, Hayes, Lyndon Johnson, Harry Truman and Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 chose not to run but said so in different words.

here name was Abigail Gratia Coolidge. she died at age 15

Rita Coolidge goes by The Delta Lady.